Aconcagua, the highest peak of the Andes (q.v.) rising to a height of over 24,000 feet, according to Vines's measurements in 1897. The mountain, which is an extinct volcano (though this has been disputed), is about 100 miles ENE. of Valparaiso, on the frontier of Chili and the Argentine Republic. It gives name to a Chilian province.
Aconcagua
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