Ojos del Salado, Chile/Argentina

Local or Alternate Name(s)	Spelling Variant: Nevado Ojos del Salado
Subpeaks	Ojos del Salado-Pico Central (6754 m/22,159 ft)
Peak Type	Volcano
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	27° 6' 35'' S, 68° 32' 33'' W -27.109671, -68.54257 (Dec Deg) 545340 E 7001335 N, Zone 19 (UTM)
Country	Chile (Highest Point) Argentina
State/Province	Atacama (Highest Point) Catamarca (Highest Point)
County/Second Level Region	Copiapo (Highest Point)
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 57      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 53) Selected Trip Reports:      2006-01-15 by Pere Rodés Muñoz      2011-01-08 by Rob Woodall (GPS Track)      2011-01-08 by Adam Walker      2011-01-08 by Greg Slayden (GPS Track)      2011-01-10 by Adam Helman (Unsuccessful)      2013 02 by Tim Bogdanov      2014-12-03 by James Stone      2017-12-25 by Eric Gilbertson      2020-01-29 by David Hart (Unsuccessful)      2020-01-29 by Steven Song
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Ojos del Salado, the second highest peak in the Andes, is often entirely snow-free due to its location in the arid Atacama (2005-12-31). Photo by Ken Jones. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 3685 m/12,090 ft   Optimistic Prominence: 3685 m/12,090 ft   Line Parent: Aconcagua   Key Col: 3208 m/10,525 ft
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 630.55 km/391.8 mi    Isolation Limit Point: -32.6525, -70.01 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Aconcagua  (SSW)
Ranges	Continent: South America Range2: Andes Range3: Puna de Atacama (Highest Point)
Ridges/Divides	Americas Continental Divide
Drainage Basins	Mar Chiquita Internal Drainage-S.A. Worldwide Internal Drainage Southern Puna de Atacama Altiplano/Puna de Atacama Internal Drainage-S.A. Worldwide Internal Drainage
Data Source	GPS Reading or LIDAR
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Other Photos

Rock climbing at over 6800 meters/22,000 feet: the summit pitch on Ojos del Salado (2006-01-07). Photo by Ken Jones. Click here for larger-size photo.

Ojos del Salado with Eduardo Unzueta - V7S #4 (2014-12-03). Photo by James Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.

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