Nevado Queva
| Nevado Queva | |
|---|---|
| Quewa or Quevar | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 6,140 m (20,140 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 1,644 m (5,394 ft)[1][2] |
| Parent peak | Nevado de Cachi |
| Listing | Ultra |
| Coordinates | 24°18′27″S 66°44′00″W / 24.30750°S 66.73333°W[1] |
| Geography | |
  Nevado Queva Argentina | |
| Location | Salta, Argentina |
| Parent range | Andes |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | pre-Columbian |
Nevado Queva or Quewar is a volcano in the Andes mountain range of South America, located in the Salta Province of Argentina. Queva has a summit elevation of 6,140 metres (20,144 ft) above sea level.[1] Its name is alternately spelled Quehuar. There are extensive pre-Columbian ruins on the summit of the mountain, which is a broad crater.[3][4]
It stands as the tallest peak in Nevados de los Pastos Grandes and falls within the Argentinean Provincial Fauna Reserve Los Andes. It is located within the territory of the Argentinean province of Salta. Its slopes are within the administrative boundaries of the Argentinean city of San Antonio de los Cobres.[5]
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Nevado de Quewar -
Pre-Columbian ruins on the summit of Nevado Queva
First Ascent
[edit]Quewar was climbed by the Incas as evidenced by a platform measuring 80 square metres at the summit; this platform was first documented in the modern era in 1974 by Antonio Beorchia Nigris.[6] The first recorded modern ascent was by Julio Oscar Ramirez (Argentina) on 22 May 1954.[7]
Elevation
[edit]Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM yields 6136 metres,[8] ASTER 6105 metres[9] and TanDEM-X 6177 metres.[10] The height of the nearest key col is 4506 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 1644 meters.[11] Quewar is considered a Mountain Range according to the Dominance System [12] and its dominance is 26.73%. Its parent peak is Nevado de Cachi and the Topographic isolation is 77.4 kilometers.[11]
See also
[edit]
- List of mountains in the Andes
- List of Ultras of South America
- Nevados de Pastos Grandes
- List of Andean peaks with known pre-Columbian ascents
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Argentina and Chile North: Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
- ^ "Quewar / Quewa / Quevar". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- ^ "Nevado Queva". Andes Website. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
- ^ "A ruína inca no cume do Nevado Quewar". AltaMontanha (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ "Capas SIG | Instituto Geográfico Nacional". www.ign.gob.ar. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
- ^ "Biografía de Antonio Pedro Beorchia Nigris". Centro Cultural Argentino de Montaña. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ Milenco Jurcich. Arqueologia de las Cumbres. pp. 28–29.
- ^ USGS, EROS Archive. "USGS EROS Archive - Digital Elevation - SRTM Coverage Maps". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "ASTER GDEM Project". ssl.jspacesystems.or.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ^ TanDEM-X, TerraSAR-X. "Copernicus Space Component Data Access". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Quewar / Quewa / Quevar". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- ^ "Dominance - Page 2". www.8000ers.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
External links
[edit]- "Nevado Queva". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- "Queva, Argentina" on Peakbagger
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