Cerro El Cóndor | |
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Cerro El Cóndor from the east
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 6,414 m (21,043 ft) |
Prominence | 1,660 m (5,450 ft) |
Listing | Ultra |
Coordinates | 26°37′54″S 68°21′42″W / 26.63167°S 68.36167°WCoordinates: 26°37′54″S 68°21′42″W / 26.63167°S 68.36167°W |
Geography | |
Location | Argentina |
Parent range | Andes |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Holocene |
Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
Climbing | |
First ascent | Alexander von Götz, Steffen Salzmann, et al., 2003 |
Cerro El Cóndor is a stratovolcano in Argentina. It is a remote peak in the Argentine Puna de Atacama. As such it was probably the last major 6000m+ peak in the Andes to be climbed, the first recorded ascent being in 2003 by Alexander von Götz and Steffen Salzmann of Germany.