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Alto San Juan

Coordinates: 33°28′09.12″S 069°48′52.92″W / 33.4692000°S 69.8147000°W / -33.4692000; -69.8147000
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Alto San Juan
Highest point
Elevation6,148 m (20,171 ft)
Prominence906[1] m (2,972 ft)
Parent peakTupungato
Coordinates33°28′09.12″S 069°48′52.92″W / 33.4692000°S 69.8147000°W / -33.4692000; -69.8147000
Geography
Alto San Juan is located in Chile
Alto San Juan
Alto San Juan
Located on Argentina / Chile border
Parent rangeCentral Andes
Climbing
First ascent02/11/1944 - Wolfgang Foerster, Jorge Koester, Ludwig Krahl and Eberhard Meier (Germany)[2][3]

Alto San Juan is a peak at the border of Argentina and Chile[4] with an elevation of 6,148 metres (20,171 ft) metres.[5][6] Alto San Juan is part of the Central Andes. Its territory is within the Argentinean protection area of Provincial Reserve for Multiple Use and Natural Recreation Manzano / Portillo de Piuquenes. Its slopes are within the administrative boundaries of the two cities: Argentinean city of Tunuyán (Mendoza) and Chilean commune of San José de Maipo (Cordillera).[5][6]

First Ascent

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Alto was first climbed by Wolfgang Foerster, Jorge Koester, Ludwig Krahl and Eberhard Meier (Germany) November 2, 1944.[2][3] The Argentinean side was first climbed by Suzanne Imber and Maximo Kausch in 2016.[7]

Elevation

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It has an official height of 6148 meters.[8] Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM yields 6120 metres,[9] ASTER 6103 metres,[10] ASTER filled 6135 metres,[11] TanDEM-X 6154 metres.[12] The height of the nearest key col is 5242 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 906 meters.[13] Alto is considered a Mountain Massif according to the Dominance System [14] and its dominance is 14.74%. Its parent peak is Tupungato and the Topographic isolation is 13 kilometers.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Alto / Alto San Juan". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  2. ^ a b "Revista Andina 73". Revista Andina 73.
  3. ^ a b Evelio Echevarría (1963). "AAJ (American Alpine Journal)". AAJ (American Alpine Journal).
  4. ^ Biggar, John (2020). The Andes a guide for climbers (5th ed.). Castle Douglas, Scotland. ISBN 978-0-9536087-7-5. OCLC 1260820889.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ a b "Capas SIG | Instituto Geográfico Nacional". www.ign.gob.ar. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  6. ^ a b rbenavente. "Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional | SIIT | Mapas vectoriales". bcn.cl. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  7. ^ "Maximo Kausch completa la ascensión a todos los 6000s de Argentina y Chile". Desnivel.com (in Spanish). 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  8. ^ "IGM Chile". IGM Chile. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  9. ^ USGS, EROS Archive. "USGS EROS Archive - Digital Elevation - SRTM Coverage Maps". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  10. ^ "ASTER GDEM Project". ssl.jspacesystems.or.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  11. ^ "MADAS(METI AIST Data Archive System)". Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  12. ^ TanDEM-X, TerraSAR-X. "Copernicus Space Component Data Access". Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  13. ^ a b "Alto / Alto San Juan". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  14. ^ "Dominance - Page 2". www.8000ers.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
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