Aconcagua
highest mountain in both the Southern and the Western Hemispheres (6967 m)
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Summary
Aconcagua is a mountain[1]. Aconcagua ranks in the top 0.11% of mountain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,282 views/month, #14 of 13,313).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Las Heras Department[3]
- Country: Argentina[4]
- Made from material: sedimentary rock[5], andesite[6]
- Part of: Seven Summits[7]
- Commons category: Aconcagua[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Aconcagua[9]
- Commons gallery: Aconcagua[10]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16], Great dictionary of geographical names[17], The New Student's Reference Work[18], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[19]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths on Aconcagua[20]
- Different from: Aconcagua[21]
- Elevation above sea level: 6962 m[22]
- Time period: Miocene[23]
- Topographic isolation: 16533.4 km[24]
- Topographic prominence: 6962 m[25]
- Located in protected area: Aconcagua Provincial Park[26]
- Parent peak: Terich Mir[27]
- Mountain range: Principal Cordillera[28]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[29]
- Key col: Pacific Ocean[30]
Why It Matters
Aconcagua has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Aconcagua is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]