Nevado Tres Cruces

Nevado Tres Cruces, the Argentine- Chilean border

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Tres Cruces (Spanish for " The Three Crosses " ) is a volcano in the South American Andes on the border of the Atacama (Chile) region and the province of Catamarca (Argentina ). The massif has a north- south distance of eight to twelve kilometers and consists of three main summits: the South Summit (Spanish Cumbre Sur or Cerro Tres Cruces Sur ) with an altitude of 6749 meters, the Middle summit (Spanish Cumbre Central) with 6629 meters and the North Summit (Spanish Cumbre Norte) with 6008 meters.

Tres Cruces represents the western end of a chain of volcanoes, which consists mainly of the volcanoes San Francisco, Incahuasi, El Fraile, El Muerto, Ojos del Salado, Cerro Solo and just Tres Cruces. The South Summit is the fifth highest mountain in South America and was first climbed in 1937 by a Polish expedition.