OJOS DEL SALADO

ōˈhōs thĕl säläˈthō, peak, 22,539 ft (6,870 m) high, on the border between Argentina and Chile, in the Andes. It is the second highest of the Andean peaks. In 1956 a Chilean expedition reported its height to be 23,239 ft (7,083 m), thus making it greater than Aconcagua and therefore the tallest peak in the Western Hemisphere, but this report has been unconfirmed.

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books on: Ojos Del Salado  - 9 results

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Culture and Customs of Chile
Book by Guillermo I. Castillo-Feliú; Greenwood Press, 2000
Subjects: Arts, Chilean, Arts, Modern--20th Century--Chile, Chile--Civilization--20th Century, Chile--Social Life And Customs--20th Century, Popular Culture--Chile
...from central Chile northward to its border with Peru and Bolivia, and along the Chilean Argentine border as well. Ojos del Salado reaches an altitude of 6,880 meters 22,573 feet ; Aconcagua, in Argentina but abutting Chile, is 6,959 meters...
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Science & Technology Almanac
Book by Lynn Lauerman; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: Science--Periodicals, Technology--Periodicals
...Mountains by Continent cont. Mountain Elevation feet meters Country SOUTH AMERICA Aconcagua 22,834 6,960 Argentina Ojos del Salado 22,572 6,880 Argentina Bonete 22,546 6,872 Argentina Tupungato 22,310 6,800 Argentina Pissis 22,241...
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Latin American Urbanization: Historical Profiles of Major Cities
Book by Gerald Michael Greenfield; Greenwood Press, 1994
Subjects: Cities And Towns--Latin America--History, Urbanization--Latin America--History
...basins that are bordered by even higher mountain ranges 5000-6000 meters and isolated high volcanic cones, including Ojos del Salado 7084 meters the highest volcano in the world and highest peak in the Western Hemisphere. Within the basins, salt...
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Song of the Simple Truth: Obra Completa Poaetica : the Complete Poems
Book by Julia De Burgos, Jack Agüeros; Curbstone Press, 1997
Subjects: Fiction
...noche escondiera lo ven los ojos del alba ... Ochenta mil hombres...La senda me moja bajo los ojos que se hacen agua, y el viento se va salado con la sal de tantas lagrimas...lenguas de llamas. El agua del rio huele a un millon de punaladas...
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Captive Women: Oblivion and Memory in Argentina
Book by Susana Rotker, Jennifer French; University of Minnesota Press, 2002
Subjects: Argentina--Historiography, Disappeared Persons--Argentina, Indian Captivities--Argentina, Women--Argentina--Social Conditions--19th Century
...Estanislada Diaz. Buenos Aires, Salado, Lujan party: daughter of Manuel Jos6 and Maria del Trinsito Molina: 19 years...tanislada Diaz. Portena del Salado, partido de Luj?n...triguena, pelo negro, ojos pardos, picada de viruela...
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journal articles on: Ojos Del Salado  - 2 results

 
 
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Recent Literature
Journal article by Jovanka Ristic; Cartography and Geographic Information Science, Vol. 26, 1999
Subjects: Cartography--Bibliography
...A. 1997. Los croquis y mapas del Reino de Valencia de Lopez y Cavanilles...Muro. 1998. La Ley de Medicion del Territorio de 1859 y sus repercusiones...Topographic mapping of the volcano Nevado Ojos del Salado using optical and microwave image...
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Bacia-Bacinete-Baciyelmo
Journal article by Fidel Sebastian Mediavilla; Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America, Vol. 29, 2009
...constituian unos cuantos arneses del tiempo de sus bisabuelos...la espada y alzando los ojos al cielo, profirio juramentos...hablante comun espa?ol del XVII tuviera presente...arriba, e por delante del rostro, en derecho de...1348): Llego contra el Salado El rrey moro de Granada...


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magazine articles on: Ojos Del Salado  - 2 results

 
 
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Out of the Classroom and into the Andes: In an Effort to Rekindle His Passion for the Physical World, Geography Teacher Peter Lewis Swaps an Inner-City School in Birmingham for the Chilean Andes
Magazine article by Peter Lewis; Geographical, Vol. 76, August 2004
Subjects: Andean Region--Natural history, Cacti--Analysis, Cactus--Analysis, Chile--Natural history
...into the Andes to the worlds highest active volcano, Ojos del Salado, which reaches an altitude of 6,893 metres on the...020 metres), Cerro Ermitano (6,187 metres) and Ojos del Salado (6,893 metres), the tallest of them all. The...
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Living the High Life
Magazine article by Kevin Krajick; Natural History, Vol. 115, September 2006
Subjects: Biologists, Evolutionary biology, Ice, Mountains, Thunderstorms
...but only some may provide the right range of temperature, humidity, and gases required for life. One candidate is Ojos del Salado, on the border between Argentina and Chile-at 22,600 feet, the worlds highest active volcano. From the rim...


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newspaper articles on: Ojos Del Salado  - 3 results

 
 
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St. Patrick's Car Show Set for Alexandria
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 4, 2005
...29, an expedition team in a standard Touareg overcame icy wind and a lack of oxygen on the lunarlike landscape of Ojos del Salado, the world highest volcano, to set the record. Mercedes-Benz again offering scholarships Mercedes-Benz is offering...
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Bernie Climbs to Top of the World
Newspaper article; The NewsMail (Bundaberg, Australia), September 21, 2009
...Larapinta track in Alice Springs and the Kokoda Track, to the 5000m Huayhuash Mountains in Peru. He has also climbed Ojos del Salado in Chile, the highest volcano in the world. In 1986 when Bernie was working with an Australian Aid team in the Philippines...
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MOTOR NEWS: Touareg Sets New World Record in Chile
Newspaper article; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), March 3, 2005
...litre V6, has been officially recognised by the Guinness World Records Book and was set recently in Chile on the Ojos del Salado, the worlds highest volcano. An altimeter and GPS system displayed the result of 6,080 metres. This is the highest...


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encyclopedia articles on: Ojos Del Salado  - 3 results

 
 
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Ojos Del Salado
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OJOS DEL SALADO o hos thel sala tho, peak, 22,539 ft (6,870 m) high, on the border between Argentina and Chile, in the Andes. It is...
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Chile
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Strait of Magellan and Tierra del Fuego , an island shared with Argentina...contain many high peaks and volcanoes; Ojos del Salado (22,539 ft/6,870 m high...Chile, and the Fuegians of Tierra del Fuego. Chile is predominantly urban...
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Aconcagua
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of the Western Hemisphere. The snowcapped Aconcagua was first scaled in 1897. Uspallata Pass is nearby. See also Ojos del Salado . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia...


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