Cordillera the cordilleras in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. Mountain ranges of this type have a complex structure, usually the result of folding and faulting accompanied by volcanic activity. In South America the ranges include numerous volcanic peaks. (Though not itself a volcano, Argentina's Mt. Aconcagua, at 22,834 feet (6,960 metres) high, is the highest point in the Western Hemisphere. The Andes cordillera has Ojos del Salado, the highest active volcano in the world, and second highest point in the Western Hemisphere. A number of the volcanoes have been active in historic times. Aside from the volcanic peaks, the crests
Ogilvie Mountains granite peaks, are: Ogilvie Mountains The Ogilvie Mountains are a mountain range in the Yukon Territory of northwestern Canada. Geologically they are part of the Yukon Ranges, in the upper Laramide Belt of the North American Cordillera. The range lies north of Dawson City, and is crossed by the Dempster Highway. The area was first surveyed by William Ogilvie and the range subsequently named after him. The best known mountain peaks of the Ogilvie Mountains are located within Tombstone Territorial Park . The highest mountain within the range is Mount Frank Rae, at in elevation. The range's most familiar mountains,