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Polacos 5935m

Polacos is a big peak, occasionally claimed to be over 6000m high, lying just south of Mercedario in Argentina in the province of San Juan.

Polacos from the air. The peak is in the centre of the photo, dwarfed by Mercedario on the right.

 

For details of how to climb the peak of Polacos and neighbouring peaks such as Mercedario please see our guidebooks, which are available in English, Spanish, Polish and French editions, direct from us or from all good bookshops and mountaineering shops.

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