Akonkagua | |
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![]() Gunung Akonkagua dilihat dari selatan | |
Titik tertinggi | |
Ketinggian | 69.608 m (228.373 ft)[1][2] |
Puncak | 69.608 m (228.373 ft)[1] Ranked 2nd |
Masuk dalam daftar | |
Koordinat | 32°39′11″S 70°00′42″W / 32.65306°S 70.01167°W |
Penamaan | |
Pengucapan | bahasa Spanyol: [akoŋˈkaɣwa] /ˌækənˈkɑːɡwə/ or /ˌɑːkənˈkɑːɡwə/ |
Geografi | |
Negara | Argentina |
Provinsi | Mendoza |
Pegunungan | Principal Cordillera, Andes |
Pendakian | |
Pendakian pertama | 1897 by Matthias Zurbriggen (first recorded ascent)[3] |
Rute termudah | Panjat cengkeram (barat laut) |
Akonkagua merupakan sebuah gunung di Argentina, dekat perbatasan Chili. Gunung ini terletak di bagian barat di negara itu. Gunung ini memiliki ketinggian 6.962 m (22.841 kaki) dan merupakan gunung terbesar di benua Amerika. Tepatnya gunung ini di Provinsi Mendoza.
Orang pertama yang mendaki gunung ini adalah Matthias Zurbriggen pada tahun 1897.
There is no definitive proof that the ancient Incas actually climbed to the summit of the White Sentinel [Aconcagua], but there is considerable evidence that they did climb very high on the mountain. Signs of Inca ascents have been found on summits throughout the Andes, thus far the highest atop Llullaillaco, a 6.739-meter (22.110 ft) mountain astride the Chilean-Argentine border in the Atacama region. On Aconcagua, the skeleton of a guanaco was found in 1947 along the ridge connecting the North Summit with the South Summit. It seems doubtful that a guanaco would climb that high on the mountain on its own. Furthermore, an Inca mummy has been found at 5.400 m (17.700 ft) on the south west ridge of Aconcagua, near Cerro Piramidal