Ojos del Salado is one of the world's highest volcanoes, in which country is its peak?
Ojos del Salado Ojos del Salado Nevado Ojos del Salado is a stratovolcano in the Andes on the Argentina–Chile border and the highest active volcano in the world at . It is also the second highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere and the highest in Chile. It is located about north of Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere at . Due to its location near the Atacama Desert, the mountain has very dry conditions with snow usually only remaining on the peak during winter, though heavy storms can cover the surrounding area with a few feet of snow
Ojos del Salado was even higher than Ojos del Salado. Later measurements using more precise equipment showed that Ojos del Salado is about higher than Pissis. Furthermore, in 2007 a Chilean–Argentine–European expedition organized by Andes Magazine and Azimut 360 performed a survey on both Ojos del Salado and Monte Pissis using more accurate instruments. It found the former to be and the latter Although this fits within recent handheld GPS surveys, which have estimated the mountain to be between and , the vertical error margin of the expedition's equipment, , leaves uncertainty as to the mountain's more precise altitude. Ojos del Salado has