Portal:Argentina/Selected article/Month 11, 2010

Aconcagua is the highest mountain in the Americas at 6962 m, and the highest mountain outside Asia. It is located in the Andes mountain range, in the Argentine province of Mendoza. The summit is located about 5 kilometres from San Juan Province and 15 kilometres from the international border with Chile and about 50 mi northeast of the Chilean capital of Santiago. It lies 112 km west by north of the city of Mendoza. Aconcagua is the highest peak in both the Western and Southern Hemispheres...

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