Mercedario

 
Overview

Cerro Mercedario is the highest peak of the Cordillera de la Ramada range and the eighth-highest mountain of the Andes. It is located 100 km to the north of Aconcagua, in the Argentine province of San Juan.

Description

Cerro Mercedario, Andean mountain peak in San Juan provincia (province), western Argentina, near the Chilean border. It rises to 22,211 feet (6,770 metres).

San Juan, provincia (province), west-central Argentina. It is separated from Chile to the west by the cordilleras of the Andes Mountains, whose peaks average between 14,800 and 16,400 feet (4,500 and 5,000 metres) in elevation. The south-central city of San Juan is the provincial capital.



Address
south-central, San Juan
Argentina

URL:
http://www.britannica.com/place/San-Juan-province-Argentina