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Definition of Mercedario
1. Noun. A mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,210 feet high).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mercedario
Literary usage of Mercedario
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Central and South America by Augustus Henry Keane, Clements Robert Markham (1901)
"Mercedario—Aconcagua—Tupungato Beyond the transverse Sierra de Dofta Ana, ...
Such are the Cerro del Mercedario, which has not yet been ascended, ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"... it will proceed to explore the mountain of Tupungato and also Mercedario, in
the province of Coquimbo, which is nearly as high as Aconcagua. ..."
3. South America: Observations and Impressions by James Bryce Bryce (1912)
"2 It was first ascended by Mr. Vines in 1897. The measurements of Aconcagua vary
from 23200 to 22425 feet. Mercedario is given at 22300 and Tupungato at ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Between Aconcagua and Mercedario are the passes of ... The pass of Quebrada Grande
is 12468 It. in altitude; Cencerro, 12944 ft.; Mercedario, 13206 ft.; ..."
5. The Earth and Its Inhabitants by Élisée Reclus (1894)
"The Cerro del Mercedario even overtops Chimborazo, ... Some of the summits which
flank Mercedario on the south-east, ..."
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