Uspallata Pass

[ oos-pah-yah-tuh; Spanish oos-pah-yah-tah ]

noun

1. a mountain pass in S South America, in the Andes, connecting Mendoza, Argentina, and Santiago, Chile. About 12,600 feet (3,840 meters) high.

Uspallata Pass

/ uspaˈʎata; ˌuːspəˈlɑːtə /

noun

1. a pass over the Andes in S South America, between Mendoza (Argentina) and Santiago (Chile). Height: 3840 m (12 600 ft) Also calledLa Cumbre

Example Sentences

The smaller of the two divisions was to advance over the Uspallata Pass, so timing its movements as to reach the open ground of the Aconcagua valley at the same time as the larger division, which, under San Martin himself, went to the north around the Patos route.

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Directly to the west was the Uspallata Pass, then as now the usual route between western Argentina and central Chile.

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The Spaniards had a guard at the summit of the Uspallata Pass, but the advance troops of the Argentines charged it.

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The summit of the Uspallata Pass is 12,700 feet above the sea-level, 5,000 feet higher than the Great St. Bernard, by which Napoleon led his army over the Alps.

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The best-known of these is the Uspallata pass between Santiago and the Argentine city of Mendoza, 12,870 ft. above sea-level.

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