Cordillera de Lípez
| Cordillera de Lípez | ||
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 Cerro Lípez 5929 m |
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| Highest peak | Uturuncu ( 6008 m ) | |
| location | Bolivia | |
| part of | To the | |
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| Coordinates | 21 ° 40 ′ S , 66 ° 30 ′ W | |
| surface | 23,400 km² | |
The Cordillera of Lípez ( Spanish Cordillera de Lípez ) is a mountain ridge in the southern parts of the Bolivian Andes .
The Cordillera of Lípez is a mountain range in the Bolivian department of Potosí on the border with northern Argentina . The mountain range covers an area of 23,400 km² and runs in a northeast-southwest direction, in its southern part the ridge forms the border between the two neighboring countries. The Cordillera of Lípez lies in this way across the main strike direction of the Andes, whose western mountain range, the Cordillera Occidental , as well as the eastern mountain range, the Cordillera Oriental , run from north to south. Due to its transverse position, the Cordillera of Lípez forms the southern border for the Altiplano , the plateau of Peru and Bolivia.
The highest point of the Cordillera is the Uturuncu with a height of 6008 m . Other important peaks of the mountain range are the Cerro Lípez (5,929 m), which is sometimes incorrectly referred to as Cerro Nuevo Mundo ; the Cerro Soniquera (5,899 m), sometimes also called "Soreguera"; and the Cerro Ink (5,849 m) on the Bolivian-Argentine border. Despite the altitude, the Cordillera is not glaciated and the snow fields in the summit regions are declining due to the current climate changes.
Due to its inland location, only a few rivers of supraregional importance arise in the Cordillera of Lípez. The mountain streams leading to the northwest seep away and evaporate in their course on the Altiplano. To the southeast, only the Río San Juan and the Río Tupiza have more extensive river systems.
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- Brain, Y. "Climbs and Expeditions: Bolivia", American Alpine Journal (1999) p. 323
- David Yetman "Sierra de Lípez", (June 2002)