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Cerro Las Tórtolas

Coordinates: 29°56′19.68″S 069°54′22.68″W / 29.9388000°S 69.9063000°W / -29.9388000; -69.9063000
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Las Tórtolas
Highest point
Elevation6,145 m (20,161 ft)
Prominence1,377[1] m (4,518 ft)
Parent peakMajadita
Coordinates29°56′19.68″S 069°54′22.68″W / 29.9388000°S 69.9063000°W / -29.9388000; -69.9063000
Geography
Las Tórtolas is located in Argentina
Las Tórtolas
Las Tórtolas
Argentina / Chile
Parent rangeChilean Andes, Andes
Climbing
First ascent01/19/1952 - Edgar Kausel (Chile) - Heinz Koch (Germany)[2][3]

Cerro Las Tórtolas is a peak at the border of Argentina and Chile[4] with an elevation of 6,145 metres (20,161 ft) metres[5][6] and located at the Central Andes. It is on the border of the Argentinean province of San Juan and the Chilean province of Elqui. Its slopes are within the administrative boundaries of the Argentinean city of Iglesia and the Chilean commune of Vicuña.[5][6]

First Ascent

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The first ascents were made by Indigenous Peoples, who built a platform at the summit and left elaborate figurines there. Las Tórtolas' first recorded ascent post-colonization was by Edgar Kausel (Chile) and Heinz Koch (Germany) on January 19, 1952.[2][3] There are reports of a 1924 ascent (Hans Duddle) shown in some sources.[7] However no evidence of this expedition was found.[8]

Elevation

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It has an official height of 6160 meters.[9] Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM yields 6130 metres,[10] ASTER 6096 metres,[11] ASTER filled 6130 metres[12] and TanDEM-X 6171 metres.[13] The height of the nearest key col is 4768 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 1377 meters.[1] Las Tórtolas is considered a Mountain Subrange according to the Dominance System [14] and its dominance is 22.41%. Its parent peak is Majadita and the Topographic isolation is 54.9 kilometers.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Las Tórtolas". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  2. ^ a b Pietro Meciani. Le Ande.
  3. ^ a b Evelio Echevarría (1956). "Anuario de Montaña FEACH". Anuario de Montaña FEACH.
  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. ^ San Román, Gastón (1989). Historia del andinismo en Chile. Santiago: Quickprint Y Cía.
  8. ^ Almaraz, Guillermo. "Estilo Andino Andes 6500". estiloandino (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  9. ^ "IGM Chile". IGM Chile. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  10. ^ USGS, EROS Archive. "USGS EROS Archive - Digital Elevation - SRTM Coverage Maps". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  11. ^ "ASTER GDEM Project". ssl.jspacesystems.or.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  12. ^ "MADAS(METI AIST Data Archive System)". Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  13. ^ TanDEM-X, TerraSAR-X. "Copernicus Space Component Data Access". Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Dominance - Page 2". www.8000ers.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
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