• Having a length of 8000 km, it is the longest mountain chain in the world.
• The mountains are of varying age dating back to the Palaeozic to the Tertiary period.
• Tectonic activity continues throughout the length of the Andes.
• Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere, reaches a height of 6960m.
• Andes Mt. has three parallel ranges.
• The highest active volcano Guallatiri in Chile is 6060m above the sea level.
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