Monte San Valentin, also known as Monte San Clemente, is the highest mountain in Chilean Patagonia¹ and the highest mountain south of 40°S outside Antarctica. It stands at the north end of the North Patagonian Icefield. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1280x960, 457 KB) Vista desde la carretera del lago General Carrera, con los Campos de Hielo Norte como telón de fondo. ... A topographical summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. ... Patagonia, as most commonly defined (in orange). ... The Himalaya as seen from the International Space Station A mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands or separated from other mountain ranges by passes or rivers. ... Planes view of the Andes, Peru. ... In topography, prominence, also known as autonomous height, relative height or shoulder drop (in America) or prime factor (in Europe), is a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains, also known as peaks. ... This is a list of peaks by prominence; that is, a list of mountains on Earth ordered by their topographic prominence. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Southern and northern Mount Everest climbing routes as seen from the International Space Station. ... Patagonia, as most commonly defined (in orange). ...

Monte San Valentin can be climbed from Lago Leones, to the south east, or from Laguna San Rafael, to the west. The ascent is long and is particularly subject to bad weather. The accident and fatality rate is high. San Rafael Lagoon is an arc-shaped coastal lake located in the Aysén Region of Chile, within the national park that bears its name. ...

There is some confusion about the elevation. It was originally estimated at 3,876m by Nordenskjold in 1921 but later thought to be 4,058m. The latter is the most commonly quoted elevation and is quoted here. A French group that climbed the San Valentin in 1993 included two surveyors, who calculated an elevation of 4,080±20 m by using a GPS. In 2001 a Chilean group measured 4,070±40 m, also using GPS. SRTM data also supports an elevation in excess of 4,000 metres. But Chilean IGM mapping gives only 3,910 metres. ChIGM maps are usually accurate and reliable, but the summit is uniformly white, which may have created problems for the cartographers. Over fifty GPS satellites such as this NAVSTAR have been launched since 1978. ... The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) is a research effort that obtained elevation data on a near-global scale to generate the most complete high-resolution digital topographic database of Earth to date. ...

See also

• Laguna San Rafael National Park
• Mount Hudson
• Cerro Castillo
• Cerro Arenales

Laguna San Rafael National Park is a park located on the Pacific coast of southern Chile. ... Mount Hudson is a stratovolcano in Chile, and the site of one of the largest eruptions in the twentieth century. ... Cerro Castillo is a jagged rocky peak located in the Aysen Region of Chile, within the Cerro Castillo National Reserve. ...

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