Cerro Colorados should not be confused with Cerro Colorado (disambiguation).
| Colorados | |
| Map: | Chile |
| Coordinates: | -26.1786°N -68.3808°W |
| Prominence M: | 1295[1] |
| Elevation M: | 6080 |
| Parent Peak: | Vallecitos |
| Range: | Puna de Atacama, Andes |
| Type: | Stratovolcano[2] |
| First Ascent: | 10/19/1999 - Henri Barret (France), Walter Sinay, Catalino Soriano (Argentina)[3] [4] |
Cerro Colorados is a mountain in the Andes, at the border of Argentina and Chile.[5] It has a height of 6080m (19,950feet). It and the neighbouring peak of Vallecitos lie in a very remote area west of the Salar de Antofalla and were not climbed until 1999.[6] Its slopes are shared between the territory of the Argentinean province of Catamarca (commune of Antofagasta de la Sierra) and the Chilean province of Chañaral (commune of Diego de Almagro).[7] [8]
Colorados was first climbed by Henri Barret (France), Walter Sinay and Catalino Soriano (Argentina) October 19, 1999.[9] [10]
Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM yields 6054 metres,[11] ASTER 6035 metres[12] and TanDEM-X 6094 metres.[13] The height of the nearest key col is 4785 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 1295 meters.[14] Colorados is considered a Mountain Subrange according to the Dominance System [15] and its dominance is 21.3%. Its parent peak is Vallecitos and the Topographic isolation is 7.3 kilometers.