Cerro El Toro is a mountain in the Andes located on the border between Argentina and Chile. It has an elevation of 6,168 m above sea level.[5] Its territory is within the Argentinean protection areas of Provincial Reserve San Guillermo. The Argentinean side is at San Juan province, commune of Iglesia.[6] Chilean side is at the Huasco province, and commune of Alto del Carmen.[7]
Cerro El Toro | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 6,168 m (20,236 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 1,842 m (6,043 ft)[2][3] |
Parent peak | Majadita |
Listing | Ultra |
Coordinates | 29°07′48″S 69°47′12″W[2] |
Geography | |
Location | Argentina - Chile |
Parent range | Andes |
Climbing | |
First ascent | Incan ascent and first modern ascent 26th Feb 1964 - Antonio Beorchia Nigris (Italy), Jorge Enrique Varas and Sergio Fernandez (Argentina)[4] |
Toro was first climbed by Incas in unknown dates.[8] A mummy was found on the Argentine slopes in 1964.[9] The first recorded post colonization ascent was by Antonio Beorchia Nigris (Italy), Jorge Enrique Varas and Sergio Fernandez (Argentina) in 02/26/1964.[4]
It has an official height of 6160 meters.[10] Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM yields 6148 metres,[11] ASTER 6122 metres[12] and TanDEM-X 6184 metres.[13] The height of the nearest key col is 4326 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 1842 meters.[14] Toro is considered a Mountain Range according to the Dominance System [15] and its dominance is 29.86%. Its parent peak is Majadita and the Topographic isolation is 143.4 kilometers.[14]
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