Cerro Arenales is a heavily ice-covered mountain located in the Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region of Chile, within Laguna San Rafael National Park. It towers over the southern part of the Northern Patagonian Ice Field. Arenales has a summit elevation of 3,437 meters (11276 feet) above sea level. Whether it is a volcano is controversial.[3]
| Cerro Arenales | |
|---|---|
 The pyramidal Cerro Arenales can be seen in the center of this NASA image. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,437 m (11,276 ft)[1][2] |
| Prominence | 1,900 m (6,200 ft)[2] |
| Listing | Ultra |
| Coordinates | 47°11′45″S 73°28′06″W / 47.19583°S 73.46833°W[2] |
| Geography | |
  Cerro Arenales | |
| Parent range | Andes |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
| Volcanic arc/belt | South Volcanic Zone |
| Last eruption | March 1979[1] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1958 by Tanaka and party |
Climbing
editThe first ascent of Cerro Arenales was made in 1958 by a Japanese-Chilean expedition, headed by Professor Tanaka. In December 1963 an expedition led by Eric Shipton, crossed the NPIF heading southeast from Laguna San Rafael to Río de la Colonia and accomplished on the way the second ascent.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Cerro Arenales". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2006-10-21.
- ^ a b c "Argentina and Chile, Southern: Patagonia Ultra-Prominences" Archived 2015-04-09 at the Wayback Machine Peaklist.org. Arenales: SRTM indicates that this summit is higher than the published 3365m value.Note 15 Retrieved 2012-04-16.
- ^ Stern, Charles; Moreno, Patricio I.; Henríquez, William I.; Villa-Martínez, Rodrigo; Sagredo, Esteban; Aravena, Juan C.; Pol-Holz, Ricardo de (30 September 2015). "Holocene tephrochronology around Cochrane (~47° S), southern Chile". Andean Geology. 43 (1): 1–19. doi:10.5027/andgeoV43n1-a01. ISSN 0718-7106.
- ^ USGS. "P 1386-I -- Chile and Argentina - Wet Andes". Retrieved 2007-02-19.
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