# Andes Mountains

- **Country:** Argentina
- **Coordinates:** -32.653056, -70.011667
- **Highest:** Aconcagua
- **Width Km:** 330
- **Image Map:** South America laea relief location map.jpg
- **Length Km:** 8900
- **Elevation M:** 6961
- **Highest Location:** Mendoza, Argentina

In the extreme south, a major transform fault separates Tierra del Fuego from the small Scotia Plate.

![Photo of Andes Mountains](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Panoramic_view_Andes-Chile.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andes (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)