Google Maps has posted panoramic visual tours of the world's highest mountains. This one is Aconcagua, Argentina, which at 22,837 feet is the highest peak in both the Western and Southern hemispheres.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Google Maps' Street View has posted views from four famous peaks across the globe
- Images are from Mount Everest Base Camp, Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Elbrus and Aconcagua
- Users can explore 360-degree panoramas and trace mountain trails with just a few clicks
- Google Maps' Street View is becoming less and less about photographing the road to grandma's house and more about getting you off the road entirely. The tech giant's latest project, unveiled Monday, takes mapping initiatives to new and extreme heights by offering interactive galleries of some of the world's tallest mountains.
The views include four famous peaks from across the globe: the snow-capped Everest Base Camp in Asia's Himalayas, dormant volcano Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, Mount Elbrus in Europe and Aconcagua in Pope Francis' home country of Argentina.
Users can drop into various camps and viewing locations along the mountains to explore 360-degree panoramas and trace the paths of some mountains' trails with just a few clicks.
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