page_title: Principal Cordillera
hierarchical_section_title: Principal Cordillera
caption_attribution_description: English: Nevado El Plomo (6070 m) and Cerro Juncal (5950 m) to the south Français&#160;: Nevado El Plomo (6070 m) et Cerro Juncal (5950 m) au sud Deutsch: Nevado El Plomo (6070 m) und Cerro Juncal (5950 m) im Süden
context_page_description: Principal Cordillera is the Andean mountain range that makes up the boundary between Central Chile and neighbouring areas of Argentina. It is also a continental divide between the Atlantic and the Pacific watersheds. It extends in a north-south direction in the Argentine provinces of La Rioja, San Juan and Mendoza and the Chilean regions of Valparaíso, Santiago, O'Higgins and Maule. To the east of the Principal Cordillera lies the Frontal Cordillera which is fully in Argentina. Aconcagua, the tallest mountain outside Asia, lies in the Principal Cordillera.
context_section_description: Principal Cordillera (Spanish: Cordillera Principal) is the Andean mountain range that makes up the boundary between Central Chile and neighbouring areas of Argentina. It is also a  continental divide between the Atlantic and the Pacific watersheds. It extends in a north-south direction in the Argentine provinces of La Rioja, San Juan and Mendoza and the Chilean regions of Valparaíso, Santiago, O'Higgins and Maule. To the east of the Principal Cordillera lies the Frontal Cordillera which is fully in Argentina. Aconcagua, the tallest mountain outside Asia, lies in the Principal Cordillera.
caption: Nevado del Plomo (left) and Nevado Juncal (behind) are two mountains of the Principal Cordillera along the Argentina-Chile border and the Atlantic-Pacific watershed.
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