Nevado Tres Cruces Central is the second summit of an extinct volcanic massif, located in the Andes mountain range in the Atacama region of northern (Chile).

Nevado Tres Cruces Central
Tres Cruces Massif from Ojos del Salado, looking west. Center, Nevado Tres Cruces Central. Left, Nevado Tres Cruces.
Highest point
Elevation	6,629 m (21,749 ft)
Prominence	610 m (2,000 ft)
Coordinates	27.069886°S 68.785724°W / -27.069886; -68.785724
Naming
English translation	Central three crosses
Language of name	Spanish
Geography
Nevado Tres Cruces Central Region III Chile
Parent range	Andes Mountains
Geology
Age of rock	Pleistocene
Mountain type	Volcano
Volcanic arc/belt	Cordillera Claudio Gay,[1] Central Volcanic Zone
Last eruption	28,000 years ago.[2]
Climbing
First ascent	Stefan Osiecki and Witold Paryski, 1937
Easiest route	Walk

This summit, the second in altitude of the Tres Cruces massif, reaches 6629 meters above sea level, and a topographic prominence of nearly 610 meters in relation to the main or south summit. It is the highest summit located entirely in Chilean territory. Along with the south summit, it is the most visited of the massif; the col that connects them allows the ascent of both during the same expedition. That is the case of the first summiters, the Poles Stefan Osiecki and Witold Paryski, on 26 February 1937.[3]

It has a crater of about one kilometer diameter.[4]

References

External links

• Nevado Tres Cruces Central description in Andeshandbook (in Spanish)

На других языках

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