Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A pass, about 3,810 m (12,500 ft) high, through the Andes between Mendoza, Argentina, and Santiago, Chile. A monumental sculpture of Jesus stands in the pass.
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Examples
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I observed Indian ruins in several parts of the Cordillera: the most perfect which I saw, were the Ruinas de Tambillos, in the Uspallata Pass.
Chapter XVI 1909
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The summit of the Uspallata Pass, over which the army was to climb, is
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To cross the mountains meant to transport men, horses, artillery, and stores to an altitude of thirteen thousand feet, where the Uspallata Pass afforded an outlet to Chilean soil.
Hispanic Nations of the New World; a chronicle of our southern neighbors 1902
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To commemorate still further their international accord, in 1904 they erected on the summit of the Uspallata Pass, over which San Martin had crossed with his army of liberation in 1817, a bronze statue of Christ the Redeemer.
Hispanic Nations of the New World; a chronicle of our southern neighbors 1902
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Darwin found silicified trees on the same slope of the Andes as the Uspallata Pass.
The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America James Orton 1853
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Uspallata Pass (altitude 12,000 feet), under the shadow of Aconcagua to
The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America James Orton 1853
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Bugs — Mendoza — Uspallata Pass — Silicified trees buried as they grew — Incas Bridge — Badness of the passes exaggerated — Cumbre — Casuchas — Valparaiso.
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Bugs — Mendoza — Uspallata Pass — Silicified trees buried as they grew — Incas Bridge — Badness of the passes exaggerated — Cumbre — Casuchas — Valparaiso.
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Bugs — Mendoza — Uspallata Pass — Silicified trees buried as they grew — Incas Bridge — Badness of the passes exaggerated — Cumbre — Casuchas —
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Bugs — Mendoza — Uspallata Pass — Silicified trees buried as they grew — Incas Bridge — Badness of the passes exaggerated — Cumbre — Casuchas —
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