Nevado de Famatina (also called Manuel Belgrano) is a peak 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 ...

with an elevation of metres. It is the highest point of

Sierra de Famatina 200px, Coat of arms of La Rioja featuring ''Cerro General Belgrano'' Sierra de Famatina is mountain range and massif in the Andes of the Argentine province of La Rioja La Rioja () is an autonomous community and province in Spain, in the north ...

. It is located within the territory of the Argentinean province of

La Rioja La Rioja () is an autonomous community and province in Spain, in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. Its capital is Logroño. Other cities and towns in the province include Calahorra, Arnedo, Alfaro, Haro, Santo Domingo de la Calzada, an ...

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

Famatina Famatina is a town in the province of La Rioja, Argentina. It has 6,371 inhabitants as per the , and is the only municipality in the Famatina Department. Located in fertile valley between Sierra de Famatina and Sierra de Velasco Famatina's econ ...

and

Chilecito Chilecito is a city in the Argentine province of La Rioja, and head of the department of Chilecito. Overview The city is located in the valley formed by the ''Sierras de Velazco'' to the east, and the ''Sierras de Famatina'' to the west. The c ...

First ascent

The first recorded ascent of Famatina was by Rudolf Hauthal (Germany) on 20 May 1895.

Elevation

Other data from available

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: SRTM yields 6094 metres,

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6066 metres and

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6124 metres. The height of the nearest key col is 3332

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, leading to a

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of 2783

. Its topographic dominance is 45.51%,

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 ...

Ojos del Salado Nevado Ojos del Salado is a dormant complex volcano in the Andes on the Argentina–Chile border. It is the highest volcano on Earth and the highest peak in Chile. The upper reaches of Ojos del Salado consist of several overlapping lava domes, ...

and the

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is 223.1

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References

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Elevation information about Famatina

Weather Forecast at Famatina
Mountains of La Rioja Province, Argentina Six-thousanders of the Andes Mountains of Argentina Sierras Pampeanas