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Mountain · Argentina · Andes

Nevado Tres Cruces

Elevation
6,749 m
#160
in the world
#6
in Argentina
1,422 m
prominence

Nevado Tres Cruces is a mountain in Argentina, rising to 6,749 m, the 6th highest in Argentina, part of the Andes.

Elevation
6,749 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
1,422 m
Height above its key col
World rank
#160
of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Nevado Tres Cruces

Nevado Tres Cruces lies in Argentina, in Catamarca.

Key facts

Elevation
6,749 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
1,422 m
Type
Mountain
Range
Region
Catamarca
Coordinates
-27.098, -68.779

How it ranks

Among peaks in Argentina
#6of 87
LargestSmallest
In the Andes
#4of 268
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#160of 14,627
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

PeakElevationDistance
Cerro Solo6,190 m4.6 km
Cerro Tres Cruces6,629 m13 km
Cerro de los Patos6,239 m21 km
Ojos del Salado6,893 m24 km
’Cerro del Nacimiento6,436 m24 km
Nevado El Muerto6,488 m30 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Nevado Tres Cruces.

CityCountryPopulationDistance
CopiapóChile129,280157 km
BelénArgentina15,172184 km
CalderaChile16,150202 km
AimogastaArgentina16,625253 km
VallenarChile44,895255 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.