Cerro Lípez

Cerro Lípez
Cerro Lípez as seen from the north.
Elevation	5,929 m (19,452 ft)
Location
Location	Sud Lípez province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
Range	Cordillera de Lípez
Coordinates	21°53′S 66°52′W / 21.883°S 66.867°W / -21.883; -66.867Coordinates: 21°53′S 66°52′W / 21.883°S 66.867°W / -21.883; -66.867
Geology
Type	stratovolcano

Cerro Lípez (also Cerro Lipez) is a stratovolcano in the Cordillera de Lípez in Sud Lípez province of Potosí Department in southwestern Bolivia. It has twin peaks and rises to 5,929 m. On some maps^[1] it is incorrectly labeled as Nuevo Mundo. Nuevo Mundo is in fact hundreds of kilometres to the northeast and five hundred metres shorter. The confusion came in part from a misidentification of the height of Nuevo Mundo.^[2]

See also

• List of volcanoes in Bolivia

Notes

1. ^ MSN Encarta Map accessed March 11, 2006.
2. ^ Brain, Y. (1999) Climbs and Expeditions: Bolivia American Alpine Journal (1999) p. 323.