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Ojos del Salado, Chile/Argentina
Prominence: 3685 m, 12090 ft
Elevation: 6893 meters, 22,615 feet
True Isolation: 630.55 km, 391.8 mi
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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Ojos del Salado at SummitPost.org
Weather for Nevados Ojos del Salado at Mountain-Forecast.com
True Elevation of Ojos and Pissis
Lists that contain Ojos del Salado:
The Volcanic Seven Summits
(Rank #1)
World Top 50 by Prominence
(Rank #44)
World Drainage Basin High Points over 5000 m high
(Rank #9)
World Top 100 by Prominence
(Rank #44)
UN Member State High Points
(Rank #11)
World Peaks with 300 km of Isolation
(Rank #167)
World Country High Points
(Rank #11)
South America UN Member High Points
(Rank #2)
Country High Points of the Americas
(Rank #2)
South America Country High Points
(Rank #2)
The Second Seven Summits
(Rank #2)
South America Range3 High Points
(Rank #2)
Argentina Province High Points
(Rank #2)
Chile Region High Points
(Rank #1)
South America Peaks with 200 km of Isolation
(Rank #16)
Andes 6000-meter Peaks
(Rank #2)
Ultras of South America
(Rank #6)
Ultras of Bolivia and the Atacama
(Rank #1)
Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:
The Andes: A Guide for Climbers (Biggar)
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
Nearby Peak Searches:
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Elevation Ladder from Ojos del Salado
Prominence Ladder from Ojos del Salado
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
.
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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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Ojos del Salado
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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
.
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Ojos del Salado with Eduardo Unzueta - V7S #4 (2014-12-03). Photo by
James Stone
.
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