Cerro Chaltén, also known as Cerro Fitz Roy, is a mountain located in the Los Glaciares National Park of Patagonia. The name Chaltén comes from a Mapuche word meaning "smoking mountain," due to a cloud that usually forms in the top of the mountain. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 497 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A topographical summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. ... Patagonia is that portion of South America which, to the east of the Andes, lies mainly south of the Rio Negro (41°S), and, to the west of the Andes, south of (42°S). ... The most general definition of mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... In climbing, a first ascent (FA) is the first climb to reach the top of a mountain, or the first to follow a particular climbing route. ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Lionel Terray (born July 25, 1921 in Grenoble) is a French climber who did many first ascents, including the first ascent of the Makalu with Jean Couzy on 15 May 1955 and the first ascent of the Fitz-Roy in the Andes. ... Southern and northern Mount Everest climbing routes as seen from the International Space Station. ... Mount Cook, a mountain in New Zealand A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ... Los Glaciares (Spanish for the glaciers) is a national park in the Santa Cruz, in the Argentine Patagonia. ... Patagonia is that portion of South America which, to the east of the Andes, lies mainly south of the Rio Negro (41°S), and, to the west of the Andes, south of (42°S). ... Chaltén has several meanings: Cerro Chaltén - a mount in Patagonia, Argentina El Chaltén - a little village near Cerro Chaltén This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Mapuche are the pre-Hispanic inhabitants of Central and Southern Chile and Argentina. ...

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Fitz Roy at peakware