Aconcagua

[ ah-kawng-kah-gwah ]

noun

1. a mountain in W Argentina, in the Andes: the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere. 22,834 feet (6,960 meters).

Aconcagua

/ akonˈkaɣwa /

noun

1. a mountain in W Argentina: the highest peak in the Andes and in the W Hemisphere. Height: 6960 m (22 835 ft)

Example Sentences

In 1934, a Polish expedition successfully tackled a more perilous route on the northeastern side of Aconcagua, up a massive glacier that stretches nearly 2,000 vertical feet toward the summit.

From Seattle Times

After climbing to Africa’s highest point on Kilimanjaro, he reached two of the other so-called Seven Summits: North America’s Denali and South America’s Aconcagua.

From Seattle Times

Her family spent summers in Concón, where the Aconcagua River feeds into the Pacific, leaving rich deposits of driftwood, shells and pebbles on shore.

From New York Times

Besides, it was never about the summits — not Everest or Vinson Massif or Denali or Aconcagua or Kosciuszko or Elbrus or Kilimanjaro, either.

From Seattle Times

It rises to 20,310 feet and is the third most prominent peak on Earth after Mount Everest and Aconcagua.

From Fox News