Uspallata Pass

American  

[oos-pah-yah-tuh, oos-pah-yah-tah] / ˌus pɑˈjɑ tə, ˌus pɑˈjɑ tɑ /

noun

1. a mountain pass in S South America, in the Andes, connecting Mendoza, Argentina, and Santiago, Chile. About 12,600 feet (3,840 meters) high.

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Uspallata Pass British  

/ uspaˈʎata-, ˌuːspəˈlɑːtə- /

noun

1. Also called: La Cumbre. a pass over the Andes in S South America, between Mendoza (Argentina) and Santiago (Chile). Height: 3840 m (12 600 ft)

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Uspallata Pass

The Spaniards had a guard at the summit of the Uspallata Pass, but the advance troops of the Argentines charged it.

From The South American Republics Part I of II by Thomas C. Dawson

Directly to the west was the Uspallata Pass, then as now the usual route between western Argentina and central Chile.

From The South American Republics Part I of II by Thomas C. Dawson

Darwin found silicified trees on the same slope of the Andes as the Uspallata Pass.

From The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America by James Orton

To cross the mountains meant to transport men, horses, artillery, and stores to an altitude of thirteen thousand feet, where the Uspallata Pass afforded an outlet to Chilean soil.

From Hispanic Nations of the New World; a chronicle of our southern neighbors by William R. (William Robert) Shepherd

The summit of the Uspallata Pass is 12,700 feet above the sea-level, 5,000 feet higher than the Great St. Bernard, by which Napoleon led his army over the Alps.

From The United States and Latin America by John Holladay Latane

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