Nevado Las Agujas | |
Photo Size: | 300 |
Elevation M: | 2120 |
Prominence M: | 300 |
Map: | Chile |
Map Size: | 175 |
Label Position: | left |
Location: | Chile |
Range: | Andes |
Coordinates: | -39.8325°N -72.2158°W |
Type: | Glacial horn |
Age: | Miocene |
Nevado Las Agujas (Spanish for The Snowy Needles) is a pyramidal peak in the Andes Mountains of Futrono, in Chile, close to the border with Argentina. With an elevation of 2120m (6,960feet), it has a prominence of NaNfeet300NaNfeetft (300ft) above the surrounding terrain. Together with Cerro Chihuío, it forms the granitic mountain massif of Nevados Las Agujas, which geologically belongs to the North Patagonian Batholith.