Cumbre de la Majadita is a mountain peak in the province of
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John, may refer to:
Places Argentina
* San Juan Province, Argentina
* San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province
* San Juan, Salta, a village in Iruya, Salta Province
* San Juan (Buenos Aires Underground), ...
in
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
near the town of Rodeo. It was one of the last 6000m+ peaks in the Andes to be climbed,
[
] the first recorded ascent being in December 1996.
The peak has some large but easy angled
glacier
A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its Ablation#Glaciology, ablation over many years, often Century, centuries. It acquires dis ...
s on its flanks.
See also
*
List of mountains in Argentina
This a list of mountains situated in Argentina, South America. The list also shows the height of each mountain.
Mountains
* Aconcagua (Mendoza) 6,962 m
** Nevado El Plomo 6,070 m
** Cerro Ameghino approx. 5,940 m
* Ojos del Salado (Catamarca) 6, ...
*
List of Ultras of South America
This is a list of the 209 ultra prominent peaks, or Ultras in South America. An ''Ultra'' is a mountain summit with a topographic prominence of or more.
Guiana Highlands
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Cordillera Oriental, Cordillera de Mér ...
*
List of mountains in the Andes
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
References
External links
"Majadita, Argentina" on Peakbagger
Mountains of Argentina
Volcanoes of Argentina
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