Cerro El Toro

Cerro El Toro
Cerro El Toro is located in Chile
Cerro El Toro
Cerro El Toro
Location within Chile
Highest point
Elevation6,168 m (20,236 ft)
Prominence1,842 m (6,043 ft)
Parent peakMajadita
ListingUltra
Coordinates29°07′48″S 69°47′12″W / 29.13000°S 69.78667°W / -29.13000; -69.78667
Geography
LocationArgentina – Chile
Parent rangeAndes
Climbing
First ascentIncan ascent and first modern ascent 26 February 1964 — Antonio Beorchia Nigris (Italy), Jorge Enrique Varas and Sergio Fernandez (Argentina)

Cerro El Toro is a mountain in the Andes located on the border between Argentina and Chile. It has an elevation of 6,168 metres (20,236 ft) above sea level. Its territory is within the Argentinean protection areas of Provincial Reserve San Guillermo. The Argentinean side is at San Juan province, commune of Iglesia. Chilean side is at the Huasco province, and commune of Alto del Carmen.

First ascents

Toro was first climbed by Incas in unknown dates. A mummy was found on the Argentine slopes in 1964. The first recorded post-colonization ascent was by Antonio Beorchia Nigris (Italy), Jorge Enrique Varas and Sergio Fernandez (Argentina) in 02/26/1964.

Elevation

Its official height is 6,160 m (20,210 ft). Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM yields 6,148 m (20,171 ft), ASTER 6,122 m (20,085 ft) and TanDEM-X 6,184 m (20,289 ft). The height of the nearest key col is 4,326 m (14,193 ft), leading to a topographic prominence of 1,842 m (6,043 ft). Toro is considered a Mountain Range according to the Dominance System, with a dominance of 29.86%. Its parent peak is Majadita and the Topographic isolation is 143.4 km (89.1 mi).

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cumbres en Zona Fronteriza: Cerro El Toro". difrol.cl (in Spanish). Chilean Government. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Argentina and Chile North: Ultra-Prominences". Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
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  4. 1 2 Beorchia Nigris, Antonio. El Enigma de los Santuarios Indigenas de Alta Montaña (in Spanish). pp. 224–237.
  5. ↑ 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)
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  9. ↑ Schobinger, Juan (1964-12-01). "Discovery of an Indian Body on Cerro El Toro, Southern Andes". Current Anthropology. 5 (5): 419. doi:10.1086/200529. ISSN 0011-3204. S2CID 143969025.
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  11. ↑ "Digital Elevation - SRTM Coverage Maps". usgs.gov. EROS Archive, US Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  12. ↑ "ASTER GDEM Project". ssl.jspacesystems.or.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  13. ↑ TanDEM-X, TerraSAR-X. "Copernicus Space Component Data Access". spacedata.copernicus.eu. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  14. 1 2 "Toro". Andes-Specialists.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  15. ↑ "Dominance - Page 2". 8000ers.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.