Aconcagua
Aconcagua (Spaingie pronunciation: [akoŋˈkaɣwa]) is the heichest moontain ootside o Asie, at 6,960.8 metre (22,837 ft), an bi extension the heichest pynt in the Soothren Hemisphere.[1]
| Aconcagua | |
|---|---|
 Aconcagua frae pairk entrance. | |
| Heichest pynt | |
| Elevation | 6,960.8 m (22,837 ft) [1] |
| Prominence | 6,960.8 m (22,837 ft) [1] Ranked 2nt |
| Isolation | 16,533.4 kilometre (10,273.4 mi) |
| Leetin | Seiven Summits Kintra heich pynt Ultra |
| Coordinates | 32°39′12.35″S 70°00′39.9″W / 32.6534306°S 70.011083°WCoordinates: 32°39′12.35″S 70°00′39.9″W / 32.6534306°S 70.011083°W |
| Namin | |
| Pronunciation | Spaingie: [akoŋˈkaɣwa] /ˌækəŋˈkɑːɡwə/ or /ˌɑːkəŋˈkɑːɡwə/ |
| Geografie | |
  Aconcagua Argentina | |
| Location | Mendoza Province, Argentinae |
| Parent range | Andes |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1897 bi Matthias Zurbriggen (first recordit ascent)[2] |
| Easiest route | Scramble (North) |
References eedit
- ↑ a b c "Informe científico que estudia el Aconcagua, el Coloso de América mide 6960,8 metros" (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. 2012. Archived frae the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012. Unknown parameter
|trans_title=ignored (help)CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link) - ↑ "Thare is no definitive pruif that the auncient Incas actually climbed tae the summit o the White Sentinel [Aconcagua], but thare is considerable evidence that thay did climb very heich on the moontain. Signs o Inca ascents hae been foond on summits throuoot the Andes, thus far the heichest atop Llullaillaco, a 6,721-metre (22,051 ft) moontain astride the Chilean-Argentine border in the Atacama region. On Aconcagua, the skelet o a guanaco wis found in 1947 alang the ridge connectin the North Summit wi the South Summit. It seems doubtful that a guanaco would climb that heich on the moontain on his ain. Furthermore, an Inca mummy haes been foond at 5400 m on the sooth wast ridge o Aconcagua, near Cerro Piramidal" R. J. Secor, Aconcagua: A Climbing Guide, The Mountaineers, 1994, ISBN 0-89886-406-2, p. 13.