Nevado Queva or Quewar is a volcano in the
Andes
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mountain range of
South America
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, located in the
Salta Province
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of
Argentina
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. Queva has a summit elevation of above sea level.
Its name is alternately spelled Quehuar. There are extensive pre-Columbian ruins on the summit of the mountain, which is a broad crater.
It stands as the tallest peak in Nevados de los Pastos Grandes and falls within the Argentinean Provincial Fauna Reserve Los Andes. It is located within the territory of the Argentinean province of
Salta
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. Its slopes are within the administrative boundaries of the Argentinean city of
San Antonio de los Cobres
San Antonio de los Cobres is a small town of population 5,482 (per the 2001 INDEC census) in northwestern Argentina. It is the capital of the Los Andes Department of the Salta Province.
Geography
The town is known for its high elevation of appr ...
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File:Volcan Nevado de Quewar.jpg, Nevado de Quewar
File:Queva_summit_ruins.jpg, Pre-Columbian ruins on the summit of Nevado Queva
First Ascent
Quewar was climbed by the
Incas
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as evidenced by a platform measuring 80 square metres at the summit; this platform was first documented in the modern era in 1974 by Antonio Beorchia Nigris. The first recorded modern ascent was by Julio Oscar Ramirez (Argentina) on 22 May 1954.
Elevation
Other data from available
digital elevation models
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:
SRTM
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yields 6136 metres,
ASTER
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6105 metres and
TanDEM-X
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6177 metres. The height of the nearest
key col
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is 4506
meters
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, leading to a
topographic prominence
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of 1644
meters
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.
Quewar is considered a Mountain Range according to the ''Dominance System''
and its dominance is 26.73%. Its
parent peak
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is
Nevado de Cachi
Nevado de Cachi is the name given to a large complex of mountains that lies in Salta Province, Argentina. This complex counts several summits, the highest being 6,380m and it is called Cumbre Libertador. This summit was climbed for the first time ...
and the
Topographic isolation
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is 77.4
kilometers
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.
See also
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List of mountains in the Andes
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Considerations
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*
List of Ultras of South America
*
Nevados de Pastos Grandes Nevados de Pastos Grandes is a Miocene volcanic centre in the Puna, Salta province, Argentina. It is a volcanic complex with several centres named El Queva, Gordo and Azufre. Some minor Pleistocene glaciation has affected the volcanic complex.
Vo ...
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List of Andean peaks with known pre-Columbian ascents
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References
External links
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"Queva, Argentina" on Peakbagger
Mountains of Argentina
Volcanoes of Salta Province
Six-thousanders of the Andes
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