Overview
Tupungato, one of the highest mountains in the Americas, is a massive Andean lava dome dating to Pleistocene times.
Description
Mount Tupungato, Spanish Cerro Tupungato, volcanic peak in the Central Andes Mountains of South America. It is situated on the Chile-Argentina boundary and rises to 22,310 feet (6,800 metres). The peak was first climbed in 1897 by members of the expedition led by the British mountaineer Edward Fitzgerald.