Cerro de Los Inocentes
Appearance
Cerro de Los Inocentes | |
---|---|
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,268 m (4,160 ft)[1] |
Isolation | 819.66 km (509.31 mi)[2] |
Coordinates | 33°45′51″S 80°48′30″W / 33.76417°S 80.80833°W[1] |
Naming | |
Etymology | Holy Innocents |
Geography | |
Location | Alejandro Selkirk Island, Chile |
Climbing | |
First ascent | unknown |
Cerro de Los Inocentes (meaning "Hill of the Innocents" in Spanish) is the highest mountain in the Juan Fernández Islands, Valparaíso Region, Chile.[1] It is a nesting ground for the Stejneger's petrel.[3]
Geography
[edit]This 1,268 m (4,160 ft) high peak rises above the western shore of Alejandro Selkirk Island, the largest and the westernmost island of the Juan Fernández Archipelago.[1] The mountain is smooth at the top with a cliff dropping steeply to the waters of the Pacific Ocean off its southwestern face.[1]
Some sources give higher elevations ranging from about 1,400 m (4,600 ft) to more than 1,600 m (5,200 ft).[4][5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Simon G. Haberle, Late Quaternary Vegetation Dynamics and Human Impact on Alexander Selkirk Island, Chile - Journal of Biogeography Vol. 30, No. 2, Special Issue: Biogeography of Southeast Asia (Feb., 2003), pp. 239-255
- Isla Alejandro Selkirk travel - Lonely Planet
- temporal de viento en la isla Alejandro Selkirk, Chile.AVI