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Reclus (Andes Mountains)

Coordinates: 27°55′04.79″S 68°55′58.80″W / 27.9179972°S 68.9330000°W / -27.9179972; -68.9330000
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Reclus
Reclus is located in Argentina
Reclus
Reclus
Location in Northern Argentina
Highest point
Elevation6,300 m (20,700 ft)[1]
Prominence798 m (2,618 ft)
Parent peakBonete Chico
Coordinates27°55′04.79″S 68°55′58.80″W / 27.9179972°S 68.9330000°W / -27.9179972; -68.9330000
Geography
CountryArgentina
DepartmentVinchina
Parent rangePuna de Atacama, Andes
Climbing
First ascent03/02/1986 - Johan Reinhard (USA) and Louis Glausser (Switzerland)[2]

Reclus is a mountain subgroup or massif,[3] in Argentina. It has a height of 6,300 metres (20,669 ft). It is located at La Rioja Province, Vinchina department, at the Puna de Atacama.[4] Reclus is completely within Argentine territory. This peak was named after the French geographer Jacques Élisée Reclus.

First ascent

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The first ascents were made by native Andean people, who built structures upon the summit. The first summit by Europeans was Johan Reinhard (USA) and Louis Glausser (Switzerland) in 03/02/1986.[2]

Elevation

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Based on the elevation provided by the available Digital elevation models, SRTM (6274m[5]), ASTER (6251m[6]), SRTM filled with ASTER (6274m[6]), ALOS (6251m[7]), TanDEM-X(6318m[8]), and also a handheld GPS survey by Maximo Kausch on 10/2012 (6285 metres),[9] Reclus is about 6300 metres above sea level.[9][1]

The height of the nearest key col is 5,502 m (18,051 ft).[9] so its prominence is 798 metres. Reclus is listed as mountain subgroup or massif, based on the Dominance system [3] and its dominance is 12.67%. Its parent peak is Bonete Chico and the Topographic isolation is 20.7 km.[1] This information was obtained during a research by Suzanne Imber in 2014.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Reclus". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  2. ^ a b Reinhard, Johan. The Hidden Crater.
  3. ^ a b "Dominance - Page 2". www.8000ers.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  4. ^ "Capas SIG | Instituto Geográfico Nacional". www.ign.gob.ar. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  5. ^ USGS, EROS Archive. "USGS EROS Archive - Digital Elevation - SRTM Coverage Maps". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  6. ^ a b "ASTER GDEM Project". ssl.jspacesystems.or.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  7. ^ "ALOS GDEM Project". www.eorc.jaxa.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  8. ^ TanDEM-X, TerraSAR-X. "Copernicus Space Component Data Access". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  9. ^ a b c "Andean Mountains - All above 5000m". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  10. ^ ap507. "Academic and adventurer describes the incredible task of climbing and cataloguing one of the most remote regions of the South American Andes mountains — University of Leicester". www2.le.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-04-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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