Tipas

Walther Penck
Tipas or Cazadero Grande
Cazadero (or Tipas from the east)
Highest point
Elevation6,670 m (21,880 ft)[1][2]
Prominence651 metres (2,136 ft)
Parent peakOjos del Salado
Coordinates27°11′45.96″S 068°33′38.88″W / 27.1961000°S 68.5608000°W / -27.1961000; -68.5608000
Geography
Walther Penck is located in Argentina
Walther Penck
Walther Penck
Parent rangePuna de Atacama, Andes
Geology
Age of rockHolocene
Mountain typeComplex volcano
Last eruptionUnknown
Climbing
First ascent14/12/1970 - Sergio Kunstmann, Pedro Rosende (Chile) and Takaya Takeshita (Japan)
Easiest routeHike, east side from El Arenal

Cerro Walther Penck (also known as Cerro Cazadero or Cerro Tipas) is a massive complex volcano in the Andes, located in northwestern Argentina, Catamarca Province, Tinogasta Department, at the Puna de Atacama. It is just southwest of Ojos del Salado, the highest volcano in the world. Walther Penck itself is perhaps the third highest active volcano in the world.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference PeruccaMoreiras was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Walther Penck / Tipas / Cazadero Grande". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.