Cerro Lípez

Cerro Lípez

Cerro Lípez as seen from the north.
Highest point
Elevation 5,933 m (19,465 ft)[1]
Coordinates 21°54′51″S 66°53′05″W / 21.91417°S 66.88472°W / -21.91417; -66.88472Coordinates: 21°54′51″S 66°53′05″W / 21.91417°S 66.88472°W / -21.91417; -66.88472
Geography
Location Sud Lípez province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
Parent range Cordillera de Lípez
Geology
Mountain type stratovolcano
Landsat view of Cerro Lípez, with pin

Cerro Lípez (also Cerro Lipez) is a stratovolcano in the Cordillera de Lípez in the Sud Lípez Province of the Potosí Department in southwestern Bolivia. It has twin peaks and rises to 5,933 m. On some maps[2] it is incorrectly labeled as Nuevo Mundo. Nuevo Mundo is in fact hundreds of kilometres to the northeast and five hundred metres shorter. The confusion came in part from a misidentification of the height of Nuevo Mundo.[3]

See also

Notes

  1. BIGM map 1:50.000 San Antonio de Lípez 6228-III
  2. "Map of Nuevo Mundo location". Bing Maps. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012.
  3. Brain, Yossi (1999). "Climbs and Expeditions: Bolivia: Cordillera Sud Lipez" (PDF). American Alpine Journal: 322–323, page 323. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2005.


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