San Francisco Pass
The San Francisco Pass is a pass over the Andes Mountains which connects Argentina and Chile. The highest point of this pass is at 4,726 m AMSL. The pass is historically significant as it is through this pass that Diego de Almagro's expedition is generally thought to have used to enter the territory of present-day Chile in early 1536.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Pass with an elevation of 4,756 metres
- Description: mountain in Argentina
- Also known as: “Portezuelo San Francisco”
San Francisco Pass
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Tinogasta Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina, South America
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“San Francisco Pass” goes by many names.
- Basque: “San Francisco mendatea”
- Catalan: “Pas de San Francisco”
- Cebuano: “Paso de San Francisco”
- Dutch: “San Francisco Pass”
- French: “Paso de san francisco”
- French: “Paso de San Francisco”
- German: “Paso de San Francisco”
- German: “San-Francisco-Pass”
- Italian: “Passo di San Francisco”
- Lithuanian: “San Fransisko perėja”
- Polish: “Przełęcz San Francisco”
- Spanish: “Paso de san francisco”
- Spanish: “Paso de San Francisco”
- Spanish: “Paso Fronterizo San Francisco”
- Spanish: “Paso San Francisco”
- Spanish: “San Francisco (paso Sudamerica)”
- Spanish: “San Francisco (paso Sudamérica)”
- Spanish: “San Francisco (paso, Sudamerica)”
- Spanish: “San Francisco (paso, Sudamérica)”
- Swedish: “Paso de San Francisco”
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