The Andes Mountains mentioned in, "Eighteen Hundred and Eleven, a Poem" by Anna Letitia Barbauld, are a range of extremely high peaks stretching over 5,500 miles from South America the northern Caribbean. The Andes is the world's longest mountain range with its' highest point, Mount Aconcagua, reaching 22, 831 feet. It is known for its' volcanoes, ruins of ancient civilizations, and the source for treating malaria. Around the time of the text, the Andes were being divided into new states such as Peru, Chile, Ecuador, and Bolivia.
"And lo, even now, midst mountains wrapt in storm, on Andes' heights he shrouds his awful form": Stanza 17, lines 323 - 324
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