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 | | The section from 52°to 48°S is a continuous ice-capped mountain range, and some of the glaciers extend from the eastern lakes to the western channels, where they reach the sea-level. |
 | | The Andes continue to be to the west an enormous rugged mass of ice and snow of an average height of 9000 feet, sending glaciers to all the eastern fjords. |
 | | While the western range of the Cordillera is principally formed by volcanic rocks, the eastern (to the east of the range is Cerro Potosi, 15,400 feet) Andes of Bolivia are chiefly composed of old crystalline rocks. |
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