Nevado del Plomo, also spelled as Nevado El Plomo, is a mountain on the border between

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and

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. Juncal Sur Glacier, which feeds the

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, descends the west side of the mountain. Nevado del Plomo is part of the Central Andes and has an elevation of metres. The Argentine portion is within the protection area of Tupungato Volcano Provincial Park. It is on the border of two provinces: Argentinean province of Mendoza and Chilean province of

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. Its slopes are within the administrative boundaries of two cities: Argentinean city of

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and Chilean commune of

San José de Maipo San José de Maipo is the name of a commune in Chile and the city within it, located in the Cajón del Maipo, in Cordillera Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region, some 48 kilometers south-east of capital Santiago, bordered on the east by Argenti ...

First Ascent

Nevado del Plomo was first climbed by Friedrich Reichert, Friedrich Bade, Robert Helbling (Germany) in 01/20/1910.

Elevation

It has an official height of 6070 meters. Other data from available

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: SRTM 6062 metres, ASTER 6037 metres,

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5303 metres. The height of the nearest key col is 4833

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, leading to a

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of 1237

. Nevado del Plomo is considered a Mountain Subrange according to the ''Dominance System'' and its dominance is 20.38%. 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 ...

Tupungato Tupungato, one of the highest mountains in the Americas, is a massive Andean lava dome dating to Pleistocene times. It lies on the border between the Chilean Metropolitan Region (near a major international highway about east of Santiago) and t ...

and the

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is 39.5

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References

Andeshandbook: Nevado del Plomo
Mountains of Mendoza Province Mountains of Santiago Metropolitan Region Argentina–Chile border International mountains of South America Six-thousanders of the Andes Principal Cordillera {{SouthAm-mountain-stub