Named for one of the highest mountains in South America. It has an elevation of 6960 meters and is situated on the Argentina-Chile border. The western slope of the mountain is the headwaters of a river of the same name whose outlet to the Pacific Ocean is at Valparaiso. (M 7156) _ _.
Avastatud: 24-6-1950 Avastamiskoht: La Plata Avastajad: Itzigsohn, M.