Cerro Lípez

Cerro Lípez

Cerro Lípez as seen from the north.
Elevation 5,929 m (19,452 ft)
Location
Location Sud Lípez province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
Range Cordillera de Lípez
Geology
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[1] 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.[2]

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Notes

  1. ^ MSN Encarta Map accessed March 11, 2006.
  2. ^ Brain, Y. (1999) Climbs and Expeditions: Bolivia American Alpine Journal (1999) p. 323.