El_Ermitaño

El Ermitaño

El Ermitaño

Mountain in Chile

El Ermitaño is a peak in Chile[4] with an elevation of 6,146 metres (20,164 ft) metres[5] located at Puna de Atacama. It is on the border of the Chilean provinces of Chañaral and Copiapó (Communes of Diego de Almagro and Copiapó[5]) Along with Cerro Peña Blanca, lies on the southern rim of the Wheelwright Caldera.

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First Ascent

El Ermitaño was first climbed by Sergio Kunsmann, Pedro Rosende and Etienne Vian (Chile) Heinz Koch (Germany) in 11/21/1967.[2][3]

Elevation

It has an official height of 6146 meters.[6] Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM yields 6134 metres,[7] ASTER 6113 metres[8] and TanDEM-X 6175 metres.[9] The height of the nearest key col is 4802 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 1344 meters.[10] El Ermitaño is considered a Mountain Subrange according to the Dominance System [11] and its dominance is 21.87%. Its parent peak is Cerro El Condor and the Topographic isolation is 29.2 kilometers.[10]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "El Ermitaño". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  2. [2]
    "Revista Andina 90". Revista Andina 90. 1968.
  3. [3]
    "AAJ (American Alpine Journal)". AAJ (American Alpine Journal): 207. 1968.
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    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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    rbenavente. "Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional | SIIT | Mapas vectoriales". bcn.cl. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  6. [6]
    "IGM Chile". IGM Chile. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  7. [7]
    USGS, EROS Archive. "USGS EROS Archive - Digital Elevation - SRTM Coverage Maps". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  8. [8]
    "ASTER GDEM Project". ssl.jspacesystems.or.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  9. [9]
    TanDEM-X, TerraSAR-X. "Copernicus Space Component Data Access". Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  10. [10]
    "El Ermitaño". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  11. [11]
    "Dominance - Page 2". www.8000ers.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.


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