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Cordillera de Lípez
Cordillera de Lípez
	A section of the Cordillera de Lípez in the extreme south of Bolivia at the boundary with Argentina
Highest point
Peak	Uturuncu
Elevation	6,008 m (19,711 ft)
Coordinates	22°16′12″S 67°10′48″W / 22.27000°S 67.18000°W
Geography
	Cordillera de Lípez Cordillera de Lípez
Countries	Bolivia and Argentina
Range coordinates	21°40′S 66°30′W / 21.667°S 66.500°W
Parent range	Andes

The Cordillera de Lípez is a mountain range in southern Potosí, Bolivia, and northern Argentina, part of the Andes. The range covers an area of 23,404 km (14,543 mi) and runs in a northeast–southwest direction, between the parallels 22 degrees and 23 degrees, helping to form the boundary between Bolivia and Argentina. Thus the Cordillera de Lípez is a transverse range in the Andes, between the Cordillera Oriental and the Cordillera Occidental, creating the southern boundary of the Bolivian Altiplano.

The highest peak is Uturunku at 6,008 m (19,711 ft). Other important peaks are Cerro Lípez (5,933 m) sometimes misidentified^[1] as Nuevo Mundo (5,438 m); Soniquera (5,899 m) (sometimes misspelled as Soreguera); and Tinte (5,849 m) which is on the Bolivian-Argentine border. Despite the high elevations, there is no current glacier activity in the Cordillera de Lípez, just some semi-permanent snow fields.

References

^ "Topographic map of Uturuncu". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
^ Sparks et al. 2008, p. 728.

Sources

Sparks, R. Stephen J.; Folkes, Chris B.; Humphreys, Madeleine C. S.; Barfod, Daniel N.; Clavero, Jorge; Sunagua, Mayel C.; McNutt, Stephen R.; Pritchard, Matthew E. (1 June 2008). "Uturuncu volcano, Bolivia: Volcanic unrest due to mid-crustal magma intrusion" (PDF). American Journal of Science. 308 (6): 727–769. Bibcode:2008AmJS..308..727S. doi:10.2475/06.2008.01. ISSN 0002-9599. S2CID 130099527. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 June 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2019.