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Aconcagua (Spanish pronunciation: [akoŋˈkaɣwa]) is a mountain in the Principal Cordillera [4] of the Andes mountain range, in Mendoza Province, Argentina.It is the highest mountain in the Americas, the highest outside Asia, [5] and the highest in both the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere [1] with a summit elevation of 6,961 metres (22,838 ft).
The world's longest above-water mountain range is the Andes, [1] about 7,000 km (4,300 mi) long. The range stretches from north to south through seven countries in South America, along the west coast of the continent: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. Aconcagua is the highest peak, at about 6,962 m (22,841 ft).
Almost all mountains in the list are located in the Himalaya and Karakoram ranges to the south and west of the Tibetan plateau. All peaks 7,000 m (23,000 ft) or higher are located in East, Central or South Asia in a rectangle edged by Noshaq (7,492 m or 24,580 ft) on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border in the west, Jengish Chokusu (Tuōmù'ěr Fēng, 7,439 m or 24,406 ft) on the Kyrgyzstan ...
Either sort of parent of a typical very high-prominence peak such as Denali will lie far away from the peak itself, reflecting the independence of the peak. Most sources (and the table below) define no parent for island and landmass highpoints; others treat Mount Everest as the parent of every such peak with the world ocean as the "key col".
Denali is the third most topographically prominent and third most topographically isolated summit on Earth after Mount Everest and Aconcagua. The following sortable table comprises the 403 mountain peaks of greater North America [1] with at least 3000 meters (9843 feet) of elevation and at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence. [2]
The mountain is a refuge for 8,000 rewilded vicuñas, the feral ancestors of domesticated alpacas, and home to the world’s largest hummingbirds, which flitter around a flowering evergreen shrub ...
This is an incomplete list of notable mountains on Earth, sorted by elevation in metres above sea level. For a complete list of mountains over 7200 m high, with at least 500 m of prominence, see List of highest mountains. See also a list of mountains ranked by prominence.
Aconcagua, Argentina: 6960 m 22,835 ft Laguna del Carbón, Argentina: −105 m −344 ft: 7065 m 23,179 ft ⦁ North America Denali, Alaska, United States 6190.5 m 20,310 ft Badwater Basin, California, United States −85.0 m −279 ft: 6275.5 m 20,589 ft ⦁ Northern America: Denali, Alaska, United States 6190.5 m 20,310 ft