Alto San Juan
| Alto San Juan | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 6,148 m (20,171 ft) |
| Prominence | 906[1] m (2,972 ft) |
| Parent peak | Tupungato |
| Coordinates | 33°28′09.12″S 069°48′52.92″W / 33.4692000°S 69.8147000°W |
| Geography | |
  Alto San Juan Located on Argentina / Chile border | |
| Parent range | Central Andes |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 02/11/1944 - Wolfgang Foerster, Jorge Koester, Ludwig Krahl and Eberhard Meier (Germany)[2][3] |
Alto San Juan is a peak at the border of Argentina and Chile[4] with an elevation of 6,148 metres (20,171 ft) metres.[5][6] Alto San Juan is part of the Central Andes. Its territory is within the Argentinean protection area of Provincial Reserve for Multiple Use and Natural Recreation Manzano / Portillo de Piuquenes. Its slopes are within the administrative boundaries of the two cities: Argentinean city of Tunuyán (Mendoza) and Chilean commune of San José de Maipo (Cordillera).[5][6]
First Ascent[edit]
Alto was first climbed by Wolfgang Foerster, Jorge Koester, Ludwig Krahl and Eberhard Meier (Germany) November 2, 1944.[2][3] The Argentinean side was first climbed by Suzanne Imber and Maximo Kausch in 2016.[7]
Elevation[edit]
It has an official height of 6148 meters.[8] Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM yields 6120 metres,[9] ASTER 6103 metres,[10] ASTER filled 6135 metres,[11] TanDEM-X 6154 metres.[12] The height of the nearest key col is 5242 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 906 meters.[13] Alto is considered a Mountain Massif according to the Dominance System [14] and its dominance is 14.74%. Its parent peak is Tupungato and the Topographic isolation is 13 kilometers.[13]
References[edit]
- ^ "Alto / Alto San Juan". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- ^ a b "Revista Andina 73". Revista Andina 73.
- ^ a b Evelio Echevarría (1963). "AAJ (American Alpine Journal)". AAJ (American Alpine Journal).
- ^ 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 "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.
- ^ "Maximo Kausch completa la ascensión a todos los 6000s de Argentina y Chile". Desnivel.com (in Spanish). 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ "IGM Chile". IGM Chile. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "MADAS(METI AIST Data Archive System)". Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ^ TanDEM-X, TerraSAR-X. "Copernicus Space Component Data Access". Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Alto / Alto San Juan". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- ^ "Dominance - Page 2". www.8000ers.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
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