THE ARGENTINE UPLANDS. 



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and North Chili, extends also into north-west Argentina between the Pilcomayo, 

 Bermejo, and Juramento slopes. Above the huge pedestal, standing at a mean 

 altitude of 14,-500 feet, rises a regular line of peaks in the direction from north to 



Fig. 145. — Nevados Plateau, North-West Argentina. 

 Scale 1 : 3,500,0nn. 



West op (jreenwich 55* 



Heights. 



to .'Î.SOO 

 Feet. 



3,300 to 13,000 



Feet. 



13,000 to 18,000 

 Feet. 



18,000 Feet 

 and upwards. 



60 Miles. 



south exceeding 11,600 feet, and covered with snow throughout the year. The 

 Cerro de las Granadas, one of these superb peaks, towers above the dreary soli- 

 tudes of the puna at the north-west corner of the Argentine frontier. 



