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Definition of Tupungato
1. Noun. A mountain in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (22,310 feet high).
Generic synonyms: Mountain Peak
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tupungato
Literary usage of Tupungato
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 (1909)
"Mercedario—Aconcagua—Tupungato Beyond the transverse Sierra de Dona Ana, which
terminates near the coast in the Pajonal group (6720 feet), the main range is ..."
2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1898)
"off before daybreak, and by forced marches the camp in the valley at the foot of
Tupungato was reached in two days. A second attempt was made from the old ..."
3. Travels in Chile and La Plata by John Miers (1826)
"Peak of Tupungato.—Casuchas.—Guanaco Hunting.—Castle- formed Mountains.—Inca's
Bridge.—Hot Springs.—Bezoar Stones. ON leaving Mendoza, the road lies through ..."
4. Argentine Plains and Andine Glaciers: Life on an Estancia, and an Expedition by Walter Larden (1911)
"We struck up the Tupungato valley, which runs down, very nearly from south to
north, into this main Mendoza valley; and some little way up this the men saw ..."