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Cerro Tupungato
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Mount Tupungato

mountain, South America
Also known as: Cerro Tupungato
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Mount Tupungato, volcanic peak in the Central Andes Mountains of South America. It is situated on the Chile-Argentina boundary and rises to 22,310 feet (6,800 metres). The peak was first climbed in 1897 by members of the expedition led by the British mountaineer Edward Fitzgerald.

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