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A cordillera is a chain or network of mountain ranges, such as those in the west coast of the Americas. The term is borrowed from Spanish , where the word comes from cordilla , a diminutive of cuerda ('rope').
The Cordillera, having extended through Central America, continues through South America and even to the Antarctic. In South America, the Cordillera is known as the Andes Mountains . The Andes, with their parallel chains and the island chains off the coast of Chile , extend through Colombia , Venezuela , Ecuador , Peru , Bolivia , Argentina ...
The North American Cordillera extends from the U.S. state of Alaska to the southern border of Mexico, and includes some of the highest peaks on the continent. [5] Its mountain ranges generally run north-to-south along three main belts: the Pacific Coast Ranges in the west, the Nevadan belt in the middle (including the Sierra Nevada ), and the ...
"Cono de Arita" in the Puna de Atacama, Salta Aconcagua. The Andes (/ ˈ æ n d iː z / AN-deez), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (Spanish: Cordillera de los Andes; Quechua: Anti) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.
The Cordillera del Paine is the centerpiece of the park. It lies in a transition area between the Magellanic subpolar forests and the Patagonian Steppes . The park is located 112 km (70 mi) north of Puerto Natales and 312 km (194 mi) north of Punta Arenas .
The Cordillera Blanca is the most extensive tropical ice-covered mountain range in the world and has the largest concentration of ice in Peru. [1] It is part of the Cordillera Occidental (the westernmost part of the Peruvian Andes), and trends in a northwesterly direction for 200 km between 8°08' and 9°58'S of latitude and 77°00' and 77°52' W of longitude. [1]
Cordillera Mountains may refer to: American Cordillera, North and South America; Arctic Cordillera, northeastern Canada; Andes in South-America (Cordillera Oriental, Cordillera Occidental, and Chile's Cordillera de la Costa) Cordillera Central (Luzon) in the Philippines
The Cordillera Central (English: Central Ranges) is the highest of the three branches of the Colombian Andes. The range extends from south to north dividing from the Colombian Massif in Cauca Department to the Serranía de San Lucas in Bolivar Departments. The highest peak is Nevado del Huila at 5,364 m (17,598 ft).