Earth:Cerro Solo

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Short description: Mountain in Argentina
Cerro Solo
Solo-from-north.jpg
Cerro Solo from the North
Highest point
Elevation6,215 m (20,390 ft) [1]
Prominence715 m (2,346 ft) [2]
Parent peakNevado Tres Cruces
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 27°6′19.07″S 068°42′47.52″W / 27.1052972°S 68.7132°W / -27.1052972; -68.7132 
Geography
Cerro Solo is located in Argentina
Cerro Solo
Cerro Solo
Argentina / Chile
LocationArgentina -Chile
Parent rangeAndes
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Last eruptionUnknown
Climbing
First ascent02/21/1950 - Luis Alvarado, Jorge Balastino, Carlos and Oscar Alvarez (Chile)[3][4]
Easiest routeHike

Cerro Solo is a large stratovolcano on the border between Argentina and Chile , west of Ojos del Salado[5] with an elevation of 6,215 metres (20,390 ft) metres.[6][7][lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3] It consists of nine eruptive centers and is covered in light-colored rhyodacite pyroclastic flow deposits.

Its territory is within the Argentinean protection area of Catamarca High Andean and Puna Lakes Ramsar Site.[6] It is located in the territory of the Argentinean province of Catamarca (commune of Fiambalá)[6] and the Chilean province of Copiapo (commune of Copiapó).[7]

First Ascent

Solo was first climbed by Luis Alvarado, Jorge Balastino, Carlos and Oscar Alvarez (Chile) on 21 February 1950.[3][13]

See also

  • List of volcanoes in Argentina
  • List of volcanoes in Chile

Notes

  1. ↑ Official height of 6205 meters.[8]
  2. ↑ Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM yields 6200 metres,[9] SRTM 6200 metres,[9] ALOS 6183 metres[10] and TanDEM-X 6241 metres[11]
  3. ↑ The height of the nearest key col is 5500 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 715 meters.[12] Its parent peak is Tres Cruces Sur and the Topographic isolation is 6.5 kilometers.[2]

External links

References

  1. ↑ Biggar, John (2020). The Andes - A Guide for Climbers and Skiers (5th ed.). Scotland: Andes. p. 330. ISBN 978-0-9536087-6-8. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Solo" (in en). http://www.andes-specialists.com/solo-6215. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Ascensión al nevado de El Muerto, la montaña de la incógnita". http://www.culturademontania.org.ar/Relatos/nevado-el-muerto-catamarca.html. 
  4. ↑ "Tres Quebradas" (in es). https://www.estiloandino.com/tres-quebradas. 
  5. ↑ Biggar, John (2020). The Andes a guide for climbers (5th ed.). Castle Douglas, Scotland. ISBN 978-0-9536087-7-5. OCLC 1260820889. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1260820889. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Capas SIG | Instituto Geográfico Nacional". https://www.ign.gob.ar/NuestrasActividades/InformacionGeoespacial/CapasSIG. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 rbenavente. "Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional | SIIT | Mapas vectoriales" (in en). https://www.bcn.cl/siit/mapas_vectoriales/index_html. 
  8. ↑ "IGM Chile". 14 April 2020. https://www.igm.cl/. Retrieved 14 April 2020. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "90 metre SRTM Imagery South_America - Tile: S28W069.hgt.zip". 2000. https://terrain.ardupilot.org/data/SRTM/South_America/S28W069.hgt.zip. 
  10. ↑ "ALOS GDEM Project - JAXA | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency EORC (Earth Observation Research Center) Tile: S28W069.zip". 2006. https://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/ALOS/en/aw3d30/data/index.htm. [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  11. ↑ "German Aerospace Center (DLR) TanDEM-X Data - Tile: TDM1_DEM__30_S28W069.zip". 2010. https://download.geoservice.dlr.de/TDM90/files/S30/W060/TDM1_DEM__30_S28W069.zip. 
  12. ↑ "IGM Chile". 8 August 2022. https://www.igm.cl/. Retrieved 8 August 2022. 
  13. ↑ Almaraz, Guillermo. "Tres Quebradas" (in es). https://www.estiloandino.com/tres-quebradas. 




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