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Ojos del Salado

Ojos del Salado

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A volcano in the Andes on the Argentina and Chile border that is the world's highest active volcano
  • proper noun
translation icon : Ojos del Salado
  • At 6,893 meters, Ojos del Salado is renowned among mountaineers for being the world's highest active volcano.

Examples

  • The border between Argentina and Chile runs through the summit of Ojos del Salado.

  • At 6,893 meters, Ojos del Salado is renowned among mountaineers for its challenging conditions.

  • Climbers from around the world travel to Ojos del Salado to experience its extreme altitude.

  • The Ojos del Salado is a popular destination for climbers.

  • Have you ever visited Ojos del Salado?

  • Climbers from around the world travel to Ojos del Salado to experience its status as the highest active volcano.

  • The border between Argentina and Chile runs through the summit of Ojos del Salado, the highest active volcano.

Surface Forms

Ojos del Salado main

Morphology

Ojos + del + Salado

This is a Spanish toponym whose literal parts ('ojos' = eyes, 'del' = of the, 'salado' = salty) do not indicate 'volcano' or geographic feature; the name is an arbitrary place-name requiring world knowledge. Even a learner who knew the constituent words (or their English equivalents) would not reliably infer that it names the world's highest active volcano, so the meaning is not compositionally derivable.

Etymology

Ojos del Salado may come from the Spanish words Ojos 'eyes' and Salado 'salty'. One popular story says small salty lakes near the summit looked like bright eyes on the mountain, and that image is why the name refers to this very high volcano.