Andes Mountains / Cordillera de Los Andes

 

 

안데스 산맥: 남아메리카 대륙의 서해안 쪽에  위치하여 남북으로 길게 뻗은 산맥으로

베네수엘라, 콜롬비아, 에콰도르, 페루, 볼리비아, 칠레, 아르헨티나  등   7개국의 상당 부분에 걸쳐서 남북으로 총길이 약 7,000~7,500km에  걸쳐  길게 뻗어 있는 세계 최장의 산맥이다.

산맥의  동서간  폭은  200km ~ 700km 이다.

 

 

안데스 산맥 Andes Mountains

안데스 산맥 Cordillera de Los Andes

 

 

안데스 산맥은 

베네수엘라·콜롬비아 산계와  에콰도르안데스·페루안데스·센트럴안데스· 파타고니아안데스 산맥 등  6개의 주요지역으로 나눌 수 있다.

 

* The highest mountains  in  Andes Mountains

   Aconcagua(6,961 m), Ojos del Salado(6,893 m), and Monte Pissis(6,792 m), Nevado Huascarán(6,768 m)

 

 

Aconcagua(6,961 m)

Aconcagua seen from a commercial flight between Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Santiago de Chile in December 2016. In the background we also see the mountain Mercedario.

 

*Cerro Mercedario (6,720 m)  is the highest peak of the Cordillera de la Ramada range and the eighth-highest mountain of the Andes. 

 

 

Ojos del Salado(6,893 m)

Ojos del Salado on the Argentina-Chile border, the world's highest volcano at 6,893 m 

 

Monte Pissis(6,792 m)

Pissis from the Northeast

 

 

 

Nevado Huascarán(6,768 m)

Huascarán as seen from Yungay

 

 

Patagonia Andes

 

Patagonia (Spanish pronunciation: [pataˈɣonja]) is a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile. The region comprises the southern section of the Andes Mountains with lakes, fjords, temperate rainforests, and glaciers in the west and deserts, tablelands and steppes to the east. Patagonia is bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the west, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and many bodies of water that connect them, such as the Strait of Magellan, the Beagle Channel, and the Drake Passage to the south.

 

 

 

Pico Cristóbal Colón is the highest mountain in Colombia,  5,730 m

Chimborazo stands as the highest mountain in Ecuador, 6,263 m and ranks as the 39th highest peak in the entire Andes. 6,263 m

 

Nevado Huascarán,  Huascarán or Mataraju is a mountain in the Peruvian province of Yungay  is the 4th highest mountain in South America.  Peru  6,768 m

Nevado Sajama is an extinct stratovolcano and the highest peak in Bolivia. 6,542 m

 

Ojos del Salado is a dormant complex volcano in the Andes on the Argentina–Chile border.  6,893 m.

- It is the highest volcano on Earth.  

Monte Pissis is an extinct volcano on the border of La Rioja and Catamarca provinces, Argentina. 6,792 m

-The mountain is the third-highest in the Western Hemisphere.

 

Aconcagua is a mountain in the Principal Cordillera of the Andes mountain range, in Mendoza Province, Argentina. 6,961 m

- It is the highest mountain in the Americas, the highest outside Asia, and the highest in both the Western         Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere with a summit elevation of 6,961 metres.

 

 Cerro Fitz Roy , Monte Fitz Roy (also known as Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, or simply Mount Fitz Roy)

 is a mountain in Patagonia, on the border between Argentina and Chile. 3,405 m

 

 

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북쪽의 마라카이보 호(湖)에서 남쪽의 티에라델푸에고까지 남아메리카 대륙을 따라 뻗어 있다. 지구상에서 가장 장엄한 지형으로 꼽힌다.

 

Lake Maracaibo 

 

Lake Maracaibo (Spanish: Lago de Maracaibo) is a brackish lagoon located in northwestern Venezuela, between the states of Zulia, Trujillo, and Mérida. Hydrologically, it is a semi-enclosed bay off the coast of the Gulf of Venezuela. The lagoon is commonly considered a lake, though due to its current geological characteristics, it should not be considered as such. 

 

 

Tierra-del-Fuego

 

Map-Patagonia-and-Tierra-del-Fuego

 

 

Tierra del Fuego (/tiˈɛərə dɛl ˈfweɪɡoʊ/, Spanish: [ˈtjera ðel ˈfweɣo]; Spanish for "Land of Fire", rarely also Fireland in English) is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan.

 

The archipelago consists of the main island, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, with an area of 48,100 km2 (18,572 sq mi), and a group of many islands, including Cape Horn and Diego Ramírez Islands. Tierra del Fuego is divided between Chile and Argentina, with the latter controlling the eastern half of the main island and the former the western half plus the islands south of Beagle Channel and the southernmost islands. The southernmost extent of the archipelago is just north of latitude 56°S.

 

 

 

 

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Aconcagua is a mountain in the Principal Cordillera of the Andes mountain range, in Mendoza Province, Argentina. It is the highest mountain 6,961 m

The Cordillera Central (English: Central Ranges) is the highest of the three branches of the Colombian Andes.  Nevado del Huila 5,364 m

The Cordillera Blanca (Spanish for "white range") is a mountain range in Peru that is part of the larger Andes range and extends for 200 kilometres.  Huascaran 6,768 m

The Cordillera Oriental (English: Eastern Ranges) is the widest of the three branches of the Colombian Andes. Ritacuba Blanco

5,410 m

The Venezuelan Coastal Range, also known as Venezuelan Caribbean Mountain System. Pico Naiguatá  2,765 m

Chimborazo stands as the highest mountain in Ecuador and ranks as the 39th highest peak in the entire Andes. 6,263 m

The Great Dividing Range, also known as the East Australian Cordillera or the Eastern Highlands,  Mount Kosciuszko 2,228 m

Cotopaxi   is the second highest summit in Ecuador,  5,897 m. Cotopaxi is among the highest active volcanoes in the world.

The Chilean Coastal Range.  Cerro Vicuña Mackenna 3,114 m

Nevado Ojos del Salado is a dormant complex volcano in the Andes on the Argentina–Chile border. It is the highest volcano on Earth  6,893 m

The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is an isolated mountain range in northern Colombia. Pico Simón Bolívar  5,710 m.

Monte Fitz Roy is a mountain in Patagonia, on the border between Argentina and Chile.  3,405 m

Pico da Neblina is the highest peak in Brazil, 2,995.3 metres

Nevado del Ruiz also known as La Mesa de Herveo is a volcano on the border of the departments of Caldas and Tolima in Colombia. 5,321 m

 

*Huascarán is the 4th highest mountain in South America after Aconcagua, Ojos del Salado, and Monte Pissis,  6,768 m

 

 

안데스 산맥(Cordillera de Los Andes)