Cerro Lípez
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| Cerro Lípez | |
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 Cerro Lípez as seen from the north. |
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| Elevation | 5,929 metres (19,452 ft) |
| Location | Sud Lípez province, Potosí Department, Bolivia |
| Range | Cordillera de Lípez |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Type | stratovolcano |
Cerro Lípez (also Cerro Lipez) is a stratovolcano in the Cordillera de Lípez in Sud Lípez province of Potosí Department in southwestern Bolivia. It has twin peaks and rises to 5,929 m. On some maps it is incorrectly labeled as Nuevo Mundo. Nuevo Mundo is in fact hundreds of kilometres to the northeast and five hundred metres shorter. The confusion came in part from a misidentification of the height of Nuevo Mundo.
[edit] Notes
- ^ MSN Encarta Map accessed March 11, 2006.
- ^ Brain, Y. (1999) Climbs and Expeditions: Bolivia American Alpine Journal (1999) p.323.
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