Aconcagua

American  

[ah-kawng-kah-gwah] / ˌɑ kɔŋˈkɑ gwɑ /

noun

1. a mountain in W Argentina, in the Andes: the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere. 22,834 feet (6,960 meters).

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Aconcagua British  

/ akonˈkaɣwa /

noun

1. a mountain in W Argentina: the highest peak in the Andes and in the W Hemisphere. Height: 6960 m (22 835 ft)

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Example Sentences

She has summited North America's highest mountain, Denali, and South America's Aconcagua, as well as 25 Alpine peaks higher than 4,000m.

From BBC

“I was thinking, Oh, I am on my own. Everyone has to take care of himself. In my opinion, they weren’t ready for such a strange and big mountain as Aconcagua.”

From Seattle Times

After climbing to Africa’s highest point on Kilimanjaro, he reached two of the other so-called Seven Summits: North America’s Denali and South America’s Aconcagua.

From Seattle Times

Her family spent summers in Concón, where the Aconcagua River feeds into the Pacific, leaving rich deposits of driftwood, shells and pebbles on shore.

From New York Times

Besides, it was never about the summits — not Everest or Vinson Massif or Denali or Aconcagua or Kosciuszko or Elbrus or Kilimanjaro, either.

From Seattle Times