Perhaps the most notable of these animals is the quetzal, for whom the park was named. Although the bird is renowned for being elusive and skittish, park authorities claim that the quetzal is easier to spot here than in the cloud forests of Monteverde and Santa Elena, which lay to the north.
Mount Aconcagua is the highest mountain on the South American continent. Its summit is 22,834 feet (6,960 meters) above sea level. It is located in Argentina. Image of Mount Aconcagua copyright by iStockPhoto and Cristian Lazzari.
1 Mount Vinson is the highest mountain on the continent of Antarctica and the sixth highest of the Seven Summits, the highest mountains on the seven continents.2  Mount Vinson is an ultra-prominence peak with 16,066 feet (4,897 meters) of prominence, making it the 8th most prominent mountain in the world. The expedition also climbed five other peaks in the range, including the four highest. 2  Mount Tyree, at 15,919 feet (4,852 meters), is the second highest peak in Antarctica and is only 147 feet lower than Mount Vinson.