Nevado Las Agujas
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Nevado Las Agujas | |
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Nevado Las Agujas | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,120 m (6,960 ft) |
Prominence | 300 m (980 ft) |
Coordinates | 39°49′57″S 72°12′57″W / 39.83250°S 72.21583°WCoordinates: 39°49′57″S 72°12′57″W / 39.83250°S 72.21583°W |
Geography | |
Location | Chile |
Parent range | Andes |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Miocene |
Mountain type | Glacial horn |
Nevado Las Agujas (Spanish for The Snowy Needles) is a pyramidal peak in the Andes Mountains of Futrono, in Chile, close to the border with Argentina. With an elevation of 2,120 metres (6,960 ft; 1.32 mi), it has a prominence of 300 m (984 ft) above the surrounding terrain. Together with , it forms the granitic mountain massif of Nevados Las Agujas, which geologically belongs to the North Patagonian Batholith.
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