Cerro Ramada
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Cerro Ramada is a mountain in the Cordillera de la Ramada
range of the Andes
, in Argentina
. It has a height of 6200 metres (20,341 ft).
The first ascent
of the mountain was by a Polish expedition in 1934, when a cairn
was erected on the summit.
Cordillera de la Ramada
The Cordillera de la Ramada The Cordillera de la Ramada The Cordillera de la Ramada (Spanish for "Range of the Shelter", also called Cordón de la Ramada, in which cordón means 'ribbon' or 'rope', is a mountain range in the San Juan province of Argentina, bordering on Chile, forming part of the Andes...
range of the Andes
Andes
The Andes is the world's longest continental mountain range. It is a continual range of highlands along the western coast of South America. This range is about long, about to wide , and of an average height of about .Along its length, the Andes is split into several ranges, which are separated...
, in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. It has a height of 6200 metres (20,341 ft).
The first ascent
First ascent
In climbing, a first ascent is the first successful, documented attainment of the top of a mountain, or the first to follow a particular climbing route...
of the mountain was by a Polish expedition in 1934, when a cairn
Cairn
Cairn is a term used mainly in the English-speaking world for a man-made pile of stones. It comes from the or . Cairns are found all over the world in uplands, on moorland, on mountaintops, near waterways and on sea cliffs, and also in barren desert and tundra areas...
was erected on the summit.