Blue sky white cloud semi-desert landscape view of brown rock Andean peaks, Chilean Border Post, Uspallata Pass, Argentina

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The Uspallata Pass links the Argentinian wine-growing city of Mendoza with the Chilean capital, Santiago. It has been used since Inca and Spanish Colonial times as an east-west routeway over the Andes. In 1817 the pass was used by San Martin's Army of the Andes in a campaign to free Chile and ultimately Peru from Spanish Colonial Rule. Here we see a view of Andean mountain peaks at the border post near the summit of the pass at 3000m.

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Size: 4289px × 2848px
Location: Argentine-Chile Border Post, summit Uspallata Pass, Ruta 7, Andes, Argentina
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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