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Mt Aconcagua
Mt Aconcagua
Feb. 6, 2026
Recently, the Defence Minister flagged off a joint mountaineering expedition to Mount Aconcagua in Argentina from New Delhi.
About Mt Aconcagua:
Location:
It is located in
Argentina
(near the border with Chile)
It is the
highest mountain in South America
and the tallest mountain outside of Asia.
It is one of the
mountains in the Principle Cordillera,
a mountain range in the Andes making up the boundary between Argentina and Central Chile.
It is considered as
one of the world's “Seven Summits”
(each of the seven tallest mountains in each continent).
Origin:
Aconcagua is of volcanic origin.
It is a
folded mountain composed
of sedimentary and metamorphic rock.
Source :
Raksha Mantri flags-off NIM-JIM&WS joint expedition to Argentina’s Mt Aconcagua
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