Marmolejo

 ( Volcanoes Of Santiago Metropolitan Region ) 

Volcán Marmolejo is a high Pleistocene stratovolcano in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile.

It is located NNE of the active San José volcano, and is the southernmost -plus peak in the world. The Argentine portion is within the Argentinean protection area of Provincial Reserve for Multiple Use and Natural Recreation Manzano / Portillo de Piuquenes. It is on the border of two provinces: Argentinean province of Mendoza Province and Chilean province of Cordillera. Its slopes are within the administrative boundaries of the two cities: Argentinean city of Tunuyán and the Chilean commune of San José de Maipo.

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First ascent

Marmolejo was first climbed by Hermann Sattler, Sebastian Krückel and Albrecht Maass (Germany) October 1, 1928.

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Elevation

It has an official height of 6108 meters. Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM yields 6097 metres, ASTER 6103 metres, ALOS 6085 metres and TanDEM-X 6129 metres. The height of the nearest key col is 4005 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 2103 meters. Marmolejo is considered a Mountain Range according to the Dominance System and its dominance is 34.43%. Its parent peak is Tupungato and the Topographic isolation is 42.9 kilometers.

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See also

• List of volcanoes in Argentina
• List of volcanoes in Chile

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External links

• SI Google Earth Placemarks - Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: download placemarks with SI Holocene volcano-data.
• Elevation information about Marmolejo
• Weather Forecast at Marmolejo

• (includes Marmolejo)
• Oscar González-Ferrán (1995). 9789562020541, Santiago, Chile: Instituto Geográfico Militar. ISBN 9789562020541
  (in Spanish; also includes volcanoes of Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru)
• John Biggar (2025). 9780953608768, Andes Publishing (Scotland). . ISBN 9780953608768

Categories: Volcanoes Of Santiago Metropolitan Region, Mountains Of Mendoza Province, Mountains Of Santiago Metropolitan Region, Volcanoes Of Mendoza Province, Six-thousanders Of The Andes, Principal Cordillera, Mountains Of Argentina, Mountains Of Chile, Stratovolcanoes Of Argentina, Stratovolcanoes Of Chile, Pleistocene Stratovolcanoes

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