Cerro Lípez
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| Cerro Lípez | |
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 Cerro Lípez as seen from the north. |
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| Elevation | 5,929 m (19,452 ft) |
| Location | |
| Location | Sud Lípez province, Potosí Department, Bolivia |
| Range | Cordillera de Lípez |
| Coordinates | 21°53′S 66°52′W / 21.883°S 66.867°WCoordinates: 21°53′S 66°52′W / 21.883°S 66.867°W |
| Geology | |
| Type | stratovolcano |
Cerro Lípez (also Cerro Lipez) is a stratovolcano in the Cordillera de Lípez in Sud Lípez province of Potosí Department in southwestern Bolivia. It has twin peaks and rises to 5,929 m. On some maps[1] 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.[2]
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[edit] Notes
- ^ MSN Encarta Map accessed March 11, 2006.
- ^ Brain, Y. (1999) Climbs and Expeditions: Bolivia American Alpine Journal (1999) p. 323.
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