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Monte Pissis is an extinct volcano on the border of the La Rioja and Catamarca provinces in Argentina, to the east of the Chilean border and about north of Aconcagua.[1]

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  1. 33 relations: Aconcagua, Andes, Andesite, Argentina–Chile border, Atacama Desert, Catamarca Province, Cerro Bonete, Crevasse, Dacite, Desnivel, Differential GPS, Fiambalá, Glacier, Global Positioning System, Hydrothermal circulation, Incapillo, Jan Alfred Szczepański, La Rioja Province, Argentina, List of ultras of South America, Nazca Plate, Ojos del Salado, Pedro José Amadeo Pissis, Provinces of Argentina, Seven Third Summits, Slab (geology), Stefan Osiecki, Stratovolcano, Ultra-prominent peak, Volcanic Seven Summits, Volcanism, Volcano, Western Hemisphere, 1930s Polish Andean expeditions.

  2. Miocene stratovolcanoes
  3. Mountains of Catamarca Province
  4. Seven Third Summits
  5. Stratovolcanoes of Argentina

Aconcagua

Aconcagua is a mountain in the Principal Cordillera of the Andes mountain range, in Mendoza Province, Argentina. Monte Pissis and Aconcagua are Extinct volcanoes and six-thousanders of the Andes.

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Andes

The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.

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Andesite

Andesite is a volcanic rock of intermediate composition.

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Argentina–Chile border

The Argentina–Chile border is the longest international border of South America and the third longest in the world after the Canada–United States border and the Kazakhstan–Russia border.

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Atacama Desert

The Atacama Desert (Desierto de Atacama) is a desert plateau located on the Pacific coast of South America, in the north of Chile.

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Catamarca Province

Catamarca is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country.

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Cerro Bonete

Cerro Bonete is a mountain in the north of the province of La Rioja, Argentina, near the provincial border with Catamarca. Monte Pissis and Cerro Bonete are six-thousanders of the Andes.

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Crevasse

A crevasse is a deep crack that forms in a glacier or ice sheet.

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Dacite

Dacite is a volcanic rock formed by rapid solidification of lava that is high in silica and low in alkali metal oxides.

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Desnivel

Desnivel is Spain's first monthly independent climbing and mountaineering magazine, published since 1981.

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Differential GPS

Differential Global Positioning Systems (DGPSs) supplement and enhance the positional data available from global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs).

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Fiambalá

Fiambalá is a town in the department of Tinogasta, located in the west part of Catamarca Province, Argentina.

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Glacier

A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight.

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Global Positioning System

The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force.

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Hydrothermal circulation

Hydrothermal circulation in its most general sense is the circulation of hot water (Ancient Greek ὕδωρ, water,Liddell, H.G. & Scott, R. (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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Incapillo

or caldera systems that, along with 44 active stratovolcanoes, comprise the CVZ.

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Jan Alfred Szczepański

Jan Alfred Szczepański (9 November 1902 in Kraków – 20 March 1991 in Warsaw) was a Polish journalist, theatre critic and mountaineer.

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La Rioja Province, Argentina

La Rioja, officially Province of La Rioja is a province of Argentina located in the west of the country.

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List of ultras of South America

This is a list of the 209 ultra prominent peaks, or ultras in South America.

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Nazca Plate

The Nazca Plate or Nasca Plate, named after the Nazca region of southern Peru, is an oceanic tectonic plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean basin off the west coast of South America.

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Ojos del Salado

Nevado Ojos del Salado is a dormant complex volcano in the Andes on the Argentina–Chile border. Monte Pissis and Ojos del Salado are mountains of Catamarca Province, six-thousanders of the Andes and stratovolcanoes of Argentina.

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Pedro José Amadeo Pissis

Pedro José Amadeo Pissis Marín (Brioude, France, May 17, 1812 – January 21, 1889, Santiago de Chile) was a French geologist who served the Chilean government in the 19th century.

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Provinces of Argentina

Argentina is divided into twenty-three federated states called provinces (provincias, singular) and one called the autonomous city (ciudad autónoma) of Buenos Aires, which is the federal capital of the republic (Capital Federal) as decided by the Argentine Congress.

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Seven Third Summits

The Seven Third Summits are the third-highest mountains of each of the seven continents.

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Slab (geology)

In geology, the slab is a significant constituent of subduction zones.

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Stefan Osiecki

Stefan Osiecki (23 February 1902 – 7 May 1977) was a Polish painter and mountaineer.

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Stratovolcano

A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra.

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Ultra-prominent peak

An ultra-prominent peak, or ultra for short, is a mountain summit with a topographic prominence of or more; it is also called a P1500.

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Volcanic Seven Summits

The Volcanic Seven Summits are the highest volcanoes on each of the seven continents, just as the Seven Summits are the highest peaks on each of the seven continents.

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Volcanism

Volcanism, vulcanism, volcanicity, or volcanic activity is the phenomenon where solids, liquids, gases, and their mixtures erupt to the surface of a solid-surface astronomical body such as a planet or a moon.

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Volcano

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

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Western Hemisphere

The Western Hemisphere is the half of the planet Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian—which crosses Greenwich, London, England—and east of the 180th meridian.

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1930s Polish Andean expeditions

Polish Andean expeditions of the 1930s refers to the two expeditions of Polish mountain climbers in the Andes carried out in the 1930s.

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See also

Miocene stratovolcanoes

Mountains of Catamarca Province

Seven Third Summits

Stratovolcanoes of Argentina

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Pissis

Also known as Nevado Pissis.