{"id":92474,"date":"2026-03-13T15:52:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T10:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=92474"},"modified":"2026-03-16T16:24:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:54:43","slug":"nevado-ojos-del-salado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nevado-ojos-del-salado\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevado Ojos del Salado"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Nevado Ojos del Salado Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a professor at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has summited the Nevado Ojos del Salado peak.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Nevado Ojos del Salado<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in the <\/span><b>Andes Mountain Range<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the <\/span><b>boundary between Chile and Argentina.<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also the <\/span><b>highest mountain <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(6,893 meters) in<\/span><b> Chile<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features OF Nevado Ojos del Salado<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>world\u2019s highest active stratovolcano.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was largely formed from the accumulation of <\/span><b>lava flows and explosive volcanic material.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The <\/span><b>Mountain\u2019s climate is high desert<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Day and night temperatures vary widely, with an average maximum of 18\u00b0C and an average minimum of -10\u00b0C.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The upper part of the mountain features a set of <\/span><b>craters and elongated volcanic peaks.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to its <\/span><b>location near the Atacama Desert,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the mountain has very dry conditions with snow usually only remaining on the peak during winter.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a <\/span><b>permanent crater lake about 100 m<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (330 ft) in diameter at an <\/span><b>elevation of 6,390<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> m (20,960 ft) on the eastern side of the mountain.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/karnataka\/iisc-professor-becomes-second-indian-woman-to-summit-worlds-highest-volcanic-peak\/article70727407.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nevado Ojos del Salado is located in the Andes Mountain Range on the boundary between Chile and Argentina. 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