. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. THE ARGENTINE UPLANDS. 353 and North Chili, extends also into north-west Argentina between the Pilcomayo, Bermejo, and Juramento slopes. Above the huge pedestal, standing at a mean altitude of 14,-500 feet, rises a regular line of peaks in the direction from north to Fig. 145.—Nevados Plateau, North-West Argentina. Scale 1 : 3,500, West op (jreenwich 55* Heights. 0 to .'Î.SOO Feet. 3,300 to 13,000 Feet. 13,000 to 18,000 Feet. 18,000 Feet and upwards. 60 Miles. south exceeding 11,600 feet, and covered with snow throughout the year. The Cerro d
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. THE ARGENTINE UPLANDS. 353 and North Chili, extends also into north-west Argentina between the Pilcomayo, Bermejo, and Juramento slopes. Above the huge pedestal, standing at a mean altitude of 14,-500 feet, rises a regular line of peaks in the direction from north to Fig. 145.—Nevados Plateau, North-West Argentina. Scale 1 : 3,500, West op (jreenwich 55* Heights. 0 to .'Î.SOO Feet. 3,300 to 13,000 Feet. 13,000 to 18,000 Feet. 18,000 Feet and upwards. 60 Miles. south exceeding 11,600 feet, and covered with snow throughout the year. The Cerro de las Granadas, one of these superb peaks, towers above the dreary soli- tudes of the puna at the north-west corner of the Argentine Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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