{"id":86297,"date":"2026-02-06T13:16:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T07:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=86297"},"modified":"2026-02-06T15:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T10:07:16","slug":"mt-aconcagua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mt-aconcagua\/","title":{"rendered":"Mt Aconcagua"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Mt Aconcagua Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Defence Minister flagged off a joint mountaineering expedition to Mount Aconcagua in Argentina from New Delhi.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Mt Aconcagua<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-argentina\/\" target=\"_blank\">A<\/a><\/strong><\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-argentina\/\" target=\"_blank\">rgentina <\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(near the border with Chile).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>highest mountain in South America<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the tallest mountain outside of Asia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the <\/span><b>mountains in the Principle Cordillera,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a mountain range in the Andes making up the boundary between Argentina and Central Chile.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is considered as <\/span><b>one of the world&#8217;s \u201cSeven Summits\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (each of the seven tallest mountains in each continent).<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aconcagua is of volcanic origin, but it is not itself an active volcano.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Formation of Mt Aconcagua:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Mountain was formed when the <\/span><b>heavier Nazca Plate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> dived beneath the <\/span><b>South American<\/b> <b>Plate <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">through a process known as subduction.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>folded mountain composed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of sedimentary and metamorphic rock.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate Zones on the Mountain:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Dry and desert-like with sparse vegetation, Alpine desert zone and arctic conditions at the top<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mountain also <\/span><b>contains glaciers,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of which <\/span><b>Ventisquero Horcones Inferior<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the largest.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2223636&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mt Aconcagua is located in Argentina (near the border with Chile). 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