Cerro Lípez

Cerro Lípez
Cerro Lípez as seen from the north.
Highest point
Elevation	5,933 m (19,465 ft)[1]
Coordinates	21°54′51″S 66°53′05″W
Geography
Location	Sud Lípez province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
Parent range	Cordillera de Lípez
Geology
Mountain type	stratovolcano

Landsat view of Cerro Lípez, with pin

Cerro Lípez (also Cerro Lipez) is a stratovolcano in the Cordillera de Lípez in the Sud Lípez Province of the Potosí Department in southwestern Bolivia. It has twin peaks and rises to 5,933 m. On some maps^[2] 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.^[3]

See also

• List of volcanoes in Bolivia

Notes

1. BIGM map 1:50.000 San Antonio de Lípez 6228-III
2. "Map of Nuevo Mundo location". Bing Maps. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012.
3. Brain, Yossi (1999). "Climbs and Expeditions: Bolivia: Cordillera Sud Lipez" (PDF). American Alpine Journal: 322–323, page 323. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2005.