Cerro Solo

Cerro Solo
Cerro Solo
	Cerro Solo from the North
Highest point
Elevation	6,215 m (20,390 ft)
Prominence	715 m (2,346 ft)
Parent peak	Nevado Tres Cruces
Coordinates	27°6′19.07″S 068°42′47.52″W / 27.1052972°S 68.7132000°W
Geography
	Cerro Solo Argentina / Chile
Location	Argentina-Chile
Parent range	Andes
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	Unknown
Climbing
First ascent	02/21/1950 - Luis Alvarado, Jorge Balastino, Carlos and Oscar Alvarez (Chile)
Easiest route	Hike

Cerro Solo is a large stratovolcano on the border between Argentina and Chile, west of Ojos del Salado^[5] with an elevation of 6,215 metres (20,390 ft) metres.^[6]^[7]^[a]^[b]^[c] It consists of nine eruptive centers and is covered in light-colored rhyodacite pyroclastic flow deposits.

Its territory is within the Argentinean protection area of Catamarca High Andean and Puna Lakes Ramsar Site.^[6] It is located in the territory of the Argentinean province of Catamarca (commune of Fiambalá)^[6] and the Chilean province of Copiapo (commune of Copiapó).^[7]

First Ascent

Solo was first climbed by Luis Alvarado, Jorge Balastino, Carlos and Oscar Alvarez (Chile) on 21 February 1950.^[3]^[13]

Notes

^ Official height of 6205 meters.^[8]
^ Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM yields 6200 metres,^[9] SRTM 6200 metres,^[9] ALOS 6183 metres^[10] and TanDEM-X 6241 metres^[11]
^ The height of the nearest key col is 5500 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 715 meters.^[12] Its parent peak is Tres Cruces Sur and the Topographic isolation is 6.5 kilometers.^[2]

External links

References

^ Biggar, John (2020). The Andes - A Guide for Climbers and Skiers (5th ed.). Scotland: Andes. p. 330. ISBN 978-0-9536087-6-8.
^ ^a ^b "Solo". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
^ ^a ^b "Ascensión al nevado de El Muerto, la montaña de la incógnita". Centro Cultural Argentino de Montaña. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
^ "Tres Quebradas". estiloandino (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-08-18.
^ 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)
^ ^a ^b ^c "Capas SIG | Instituto Geográfico Nacional". www.ign.gob.ar. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
^ ^a ^b rbenavente. "Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional | SIIT | Mapas vectoriales". bcn.cl. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
^ "IGM Chile". IGM Chile. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b "90 metre SRTM Imagery South_America - Tile: S28W069.hgt.zip". Ardupilot.org Website - SRTM HGT Imagery. 2000. Archived from the original on 2021-08-22. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
^ "ALOS GDEM Project - JAXA | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency EORC (Earth Observation Research Center) Tile: S28W069.zip". www.eorc.jaxa.jp. Data centre requires user registration. 2006. Retrieved 2021-08-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "German Aerospace Center (DLR) TanDEM-X Data - Tile: TDM1_DEM__30_S28W069.zip". DLR - GeoService. Data source requires user registration. 2010. Retrieved 2021-08-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ "IGM Chile". IGM Chile. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ Almaraz, Guillermo. "Tres Quebradas". estiloandino (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2021-08-18.

"El Solo". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.

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[9] Official height of 6205 meters.^[8]

[13] Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM yields 6200 metres,^[9] SRTM 6200 metres,^[9] ALOS 6183 metres^[10] and TanDEM-X 6241 metres^[11]

[15] The height of the nearest key col is 5500 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 715 meters.^[12] Its parent peak is Tres Cruces Sur and the Topographic isolation is 6.5 kilometers.^[2]

[1] Biggar, John (2020). The Andes - A Guide for Climbers and Skiers (5th ed.). Scotland: Andes. p. 330. ISBN 978-0-9536087-6-8.

[Solo-2] "Solo". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.

[culturademontania.org.ar-3] "Ascensión al nevado de El Muerto, la montaña de la incógnita". Centro Cultural Argentino de Montaña. Retrieved 2021-08-18.

[4] "Tres Quebradas". estiloandino (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-08-18.

[5] 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)

[:0-6] "Capas SIG | Instituto Geográfico Nacional". www.ign.gob.ar. Retrieved 2020-04-30.

[rbenavente-7] rbenavente. "Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional | SIIT | Mapas vectoriales". bcn.cl. Retrieved 2020-04-30.

[8] "IGM Chile". IGM Chile. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.

[terrain.ardupilot.org-10] "90 metre SRTM Imagery South_America - Tile: S28W069.hgt.zip". Ardupilot.org Website - SRTM HGT Imagery. 2000. Archived from the original on 2021-08-22. Retrieved 2021-08-18.

[11] "ALOS GDEM Project - JAXA | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency EORC (Earth Observation Research Center) Tile: S28W069.zip". www.eorc.jaxa.jp. Data centre requires user registration. 2006. Retrieved 2021-08-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[12] "German Aerospace Center (DLR) TanDEM-X Data - Tile: TDM1_DEM__30_S28W069.zip". DLR - GeoService. Data source requires user registration. 2010. Retrieved 2021-08-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[14] "IGM Chile". IGM Chile. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[16] Almaraz, Guillermo. "Tres Quebradas". estiloandino (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2021-08-18.

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