Monte Pissis

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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1. How high is Monte Pissis?Approximately 6,793 meters (22,287 feet)
2. What is the location?Border of La Rioja and Catamarca provinces, Argentina; near the Chilean border
3. What is the scientific name?Monte Pissis (Volcano)
4. Where is Monte Pissis located?Monte Pissis is on the border between Argentina and Chile, in the Puna de Atacama region of the Andes. It lies inside the hyper‑arid Atacama Desert, where the air is very dry and the sun is strong.
5. Why does Monte Pissis have a glacier in a dry desert?The glacier on Monte Pissis survives because the mountain is very high, and wind can bring a little moisture from the sea. The cold air at the top keeps the ice from melting quickly, even though the desert below is very dry.

Stratovolcano: A tall, conical volcano built up by many layers of hardened lava, ash, and rock debris.
Hyper-arid: An extremely dry climate with very little to no precipitation.
Glaciology: The scientific study of glaciers, ice sheets, and other forms of ice on Earth.
Sublimation: The process where a solid changes directly into a gas without becoming a liquid first.