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Aconcagua
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Aconcagua (äkōnkä`gwä), peak, 22,835 ft (6,960 m) high, Mendoza prov., W Argentina, in the Andes, near the Chilean border. It is the highest peak of the Western Hemisphere. The snowcapped Aconcagua was first scaled in 1897. Uspallata Pass Uspallata Pass (späyä`tä), c.
..... Click the link for more information.  is nearby. See also Ojos del Salado Ojos del Salado (ō`hōs thĕl sälä`thō)
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Aconcagua
a mountain in W Argentina: the highest peak in the Andes and in the W Hemisphere. Height: 6960 m (22 835 ft.)


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