Monte Fitz Roy | |
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![]() Monte Fitz Roy in 2013 | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,405 m (11,171 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 1,951 m (6,401 ft)[1] |
Listing | Ultra |
Coordinates | 49°16′16.6″S 73°02′35.6″W / 49.271278°S 73.043222°W |
Geography | |
Location | Patagonia, Argentina—Chile border[2][3][4][5] |
Country | Argentina Chile |
Parent range | Andes |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Granite |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1952 by Lionel Terray & Guido Magnone |
Easiest route | Franco Argentina (650m., 6a+, 6c/A1) |
Monte Fitz Roy (also known as Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, or simply Mount Fitz Roy) is a mountain in Patagonia, on the border between Argentina and Chile.[2][3][6][4][5] It is located in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, near El Chaltén village and Viedma Lake. It was first climbed in 1952 by French alpinists Lionel Terray and Guido Magnone.
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