Tipas

It is just southwest of Ojos del Salado, the highest volcano in the world.

[3] The Tipas-Cerro Bayo complex was active 2.9-1.2 million years ago with dacites and rhyolites.

Tomographic studies of the underlying crust indicate a pattern of seismic attenuation beneath Tipas.

[4] It has an official height of 6658 meters,[5] however, based on the elevation provided by the available Digital elevation models, SRTM (6663m[6]), ASTER (6627m[7]), SRTM filled with ASTER (6663m[7]), TanDEM-X(6699m[8]), and also a handheld GPS survey by Maximo Kausch on 04/2013 (6688 meters),[9] Walther Penck is about 6670 meters above sea level.

Its parent peak is Ojos del Salado and the Topographic isolation is 9.8 kilometers.

View of the main summit from central summit plateau
View of the main summit from central summit plateau