Cerro El Toro Explained

Cerro El Toro
Elevation M:6168
Elevation Ref:[1]
Parent Peak:Majadita
Prominence M:1842
Prominence Ref:[2] [3]
Listing:Ultra
Map:Chile
Map Size:200
Label Position:left
Location:Argentina - Chile
Range:Andes
Coordinates:-29.13°N -69.7867°W
First Ascent:Incan ascent and first modern ascent 26th Feb 1964 - Antonio Beorchia Nigris (Italy), Jorge Enrique Varas and Sergio Fernandez (Argentina)[4]

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]

First Ascents

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.[10]

Elevation

It has an official height of 6160 meters.[11] Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM yields 6148 metres,[12] ASTER 6122 metres[13] and TanDEM-X 6184 metres.[14] The height of the nearest key col is 4326 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 1842 meters.[15] Toro is considered a Mountain Range according to the Dominance System [16] and its dominance is 29.86%. Its parent peak is Majadita and the Topographic isolation is 143.4 kilometers.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cumbres en Zona Fronteriza: Cerro El Toro. 11 February 2012. Chilean Government - Difrol. Spanish. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120302075527/http://www.difrol.cl/index.php?option=com_difrol&tabla=cumbres&tarea=mostrar&id=43&Itemid=25. 2 March 2012.
  2. http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/andes1.html "Argentina and Chile North: Ultra-Prominences"
  3. Web site: Toro. Andes Specialists. en. 2020-04-12.
  4. Book: Beorchia Nigris. El Enigma de los Santuarios Indigenas de Alta Montaña. 224–237.
  5. Book: Biggar, John. The Andes a guide for climbers. 2020. 978-0-9536087-7-5. 5th. Castle Douglas, Scotland. 1260820889.
  6. Web site: Capas SIG Instituto Geográfico Nacional. 2020-04-30. www.ign.gob.ar.
  7. Web site: rbenavente. Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional SIIT Mapas vectoriales. 2020-04-30. bcn.cl. en.
  8. Ceruti. Maria Constanza. 2015. Frozen Mummies from Andean Mountaintop Shrines: Bioarchaeology and Ethnohistory of Inca Human Sacrifice. BioMed Research International. 2015. 439428. 10.1155/2015/439428. 26345378. 4543117. 2314-6133. free.
  9. Schobinger. Juan. 1964-12-01. Discovery of an Indian Body on Cerro El Toro, Southern Andes. Current Anthropology. 5. 5. 419. 10.1086/200529. 143969025. 0011-3204.
  10. Book: Beorchia Nigris. El Enigma de los Santuarios Indigenas de Alta Montaña. 224–237.
  11. Web site: 14 April 2020. IGN Argentina. IGN Argentina. 14 April 2020.
  12. Web site: USGS. EROS Archive. USGS EROS Archive - Digital Elevation - SRTM Coverage Maps. 12 April 2020.
  13. Web site: ASTER GDEM Project. 2020-04-14. ssl.jspacesystems.or.jp.
  14. Web site: TanDEM-X. TerraSAR-X. Copernicus Space Component Data Access. 12 April 2020. 12 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200412222329/https://spacedata.copernicus.eu/web/cscda/missions/tandem-x. dead.
  15. Web site: Toro. 2020-04-12. Andes Specialists. en.
  16. Web site: Dominance - Page 2. 2020-04-12. www.8000ers.com.

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