Cerro de los Siete Colores (The Hill of Seven Colors) is one of the hills bordering the Quebrada de Purmamarca which is in turn is a western branch of the Quebrada de Humahuaca up to Cuesta del Lipán, in Jujuy Province, Argentina.
Its unique color range is the product of a complex geological history including marine sediments, lake and river movements elevated with the movement of the tectonic plates.
Cerro de los Siete Colores | |
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Hill of Seven Colors | |
Location in the Andes near Purmamarca, Province of Jujuy, Argentina | |
Highest point | |
Coordinates | 23°44′49″S 65°30′13″W / 23.7469°S 65.5035°W |
Geography | |
Location | Purmamarca, Jujuy Province, Argentina |
Parent range | Andes |
The village of Purmamarca is at its feet and the two form one of the most recognized landscapes of Argentine Northwest and all of Argentina.
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Cerro de los siete colores, view from the road
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Cerro de los siete colores, aerial view
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Side view