Ojos del Salado Spanish, comes from the enormous deposits of salt that, in the form of lagoons or “eyes”, appear in its glaciers. An international highway between Chile and Argentina runs north of the mountain. Ojos del Salado along with several other high volcanoes such as El Muerto, El Solo, Nevado Incahuasi and Nevado Tres Cruces lies at the southern end of the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes. Volcanic activity in the region commenced 26 million years ago in the Cordillera Claudio Gay, at the same time as the neighbouring Maricunga Belt volcanoes were active. Starting 18 million years ago, local subduction
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,