Location

Nevado Juncal is a mountain at the border of

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and

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, at the head of Aconcagua Val. It has a height of . It's located at La Yesera, Los Andes Department,

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, at the Central Andes. The mountain hosts several glaciers including the Juncal Norte and Juncal Sur.

Elevation

It has an official height of 5965 meters Based on the

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provided by the available

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, SRTM2 (5940m), ASTER (5918m),

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(5905m with voids), Juncal is about 5953 meters above sea level. The height of the nearest key col is 5120

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, so its

prominence In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, relative height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop or relative height in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contou ...

is 833

. Juncal is listed as subgroup or massif, based on the Dominance system and its dominance is 13.99%. Its

parent peak In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, relative height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop or relative height in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contou ...

is Nevado del Plomo and the

Topographic isolation The topographic isolation of a summit is the minimum distance to a point of equal elevation, representing a radius of dominance in which the peak is the highest point. It can be calculated for small hills and islands as well as for major mounta ...

is 6.6

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. This information was obtained during a research by Suzanne Imber in 2014.

External links

Elevation information about JuncalWeather Forecast at Juncal

Nevado Juncal on Mountain-forecast

References

Mountains of Argentina Mountains of Chile Mountains of Valparaíso Region Mountains of Mendoza Province Argentina–Chile border International mountains of South America Five-thousanders of the Andes Principal Cordillera {{Valparaíso-geo-stub