Las Heras Department

Las Heras Department essentials

Departamento Las Heras Essentials

Departamento Las Heras encompasses the highest peaks of the Andes, including the 6,961-meter Mount Aconcagua. The region features the natural sulfur-encrusted arch of Puente del Inca and the turquoise reservoir of Potrerillos Dam. Historically significant as the staging ground for General San Martín’s liberation campaign, it preserves 18th-century adobe vaults at Uspallata and ancient Inca road ruins at Tambillitos. The high-altitude border crossing at Christ the Redeemer marks the boundary between Argentina and Chile.

Departamento Las Heras Essentials — Map

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Inca Natural Bridge

Puente del Inca is a natural arch that forms a bridge over the Las Cuevas River, a tributary of the Mendoza River.

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Aconcagua Provincial Park

Aconcagua Provincial Park is a Provincial Park located in the Mendoza Province in Argentina.

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Potrerillos Dam

Potrerillos Dam is located on the Mendoza River, in Argentina's Potrerillos Valley.

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Christ the Redeemer of the Andes

Christ the Redeemer of the Andes is a monument high in the Principal Cordillera of the Andes at 3,832 metres above mean sea level on the…

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Uspallata Pass

The Uspallata Pass, Bermejo Pass or Cumbre Pass, is an Andean pass which provides a route between the wine-growing region around the…

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Aconcagua Mount viewpoint

An accessible lookout within Aconcagua Provincial Park providing views of the mountain's south face and the Horcones glacier.

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Museo Histórico de Las Bóvedas

18th-century U-shaped adobe vaults in Uspallata originally built for mineral processing and used as a military depot by the Army of the Andes.

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Cerro siete colores

A geological formation near Uspallata featuring distinct layers of sedimentary rock colored by various mineral deposits.

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Capilla Historica El Plumerillo

Historic chapel located at the site where General San Martín trained his troops for the 1817 crossing of the Andes.

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Ruinas Inca (Tambillitos)

Archaeological remains of a 'tambo' or roadside station along the Qhapaq Ñan Inca trail, used for storage and shelter.

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