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.