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3 unusual facts about Ojos del Salado


David Lim

He returned to mountaineering, and since 1999, has led more than 15 expeditions, including the first all-Singapore ascent of Argentina's Aconcagua (6962m), and the world's third solo of Ojos del Salado, the highest volcano in the world (6893m).

H. Adams Carter

He continued to participate in mountaineering expeditions, including one to survey Ojos del Salado (6,893 m) in 1956, several trips to the Cordillera Blanca in Peru, and a second expedition to Nanda Devi in 1976, which he co-led with Louis Reichardt and Willi Unsoeld.

Vladas Vitkauskas

He ascended the highest peak Donja Ines (5,075 m) in the Cordillera de Domeyko and Ojos del Salado (6,893 m), the highest volcano on the earth.


Acamarachi

This is most likely the second highest crater lake in the world, and also the third highest lake of any kind in South America, behind the crater lake of Ojos del Salado and the small lagoon in the col between Tres Cruces Sur and Tres Cruces Norte.


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