Cerro Bonete

Cerro Bonete
Bonete from the south.
Highest point
Elevation6,759 m (22,175 ft)
Prominence1,480 m (4,860 ft)
Coordinates28°1′7″S 68°45′22″W / 28.01861°S 68.75611°W / -28.01861; -68.75611 (Cerro Bonete)
Geography
LocationLa Rioja, Argentina
Parent rangeAndes

Cerro Bonete is a mountain in the north of the province of La Rioja, Argentina, near the provincial border with Catamarca.

Its summit is 6,759 m above mean sea level, making it the fifth-highest separate mountain in the Americas (after Aconcagua, Ojos del Salado, Monte Pissis, and Huascaran). SRTM data disproves the frequently-made claim that its summit is 6,872 m above sea level.

Within the last 3.5 million years, volcanic activity at Cerro Bonete has formed lava domes of dacite and rhyodacite.

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