Peña Blanca
Peña Blanca is located in Chile
Peña Blanca
Peña Blanca
Chile
Highest point
Elevation6,050 m (19,850 ft)[1]
Prominence479 metres (1,572 ft)
Parent peakEl Ermitaño
Coordinates26°48′43.92″S 068°38′29.39″W / 26.8122000°S 68.6414972°W / -26.8122000; -68.6414972
Geography
Parent rangeChilean Andes, Andes
Climbing
First ascent21/11/1967 - Sergio Kunsmann, Pedro Rosende and Etienne Vian (Chile)[2][3]

Peña Blanca is a mountain in Chile with an elevation of 6,050 metres (19,849 ft) metres.[4] Peña Blanca is within the following mountain ranges: Chilean Andes, Puna de Atacama.[5] It is on the border of two provinces: Chilean provinces of Chañaral and Copiapó. Its slopes are within the territory of two Chilean cities: Diego de Almagro and Copiapó.[5]

First ascent

Peña Blanca was first climbed by Sergio Kunsmann, Pedro Rosende and Etienne Vian (Chile) in November 21st 1967.[6][7] American Alpine Journal 1957, page 74-91 mentions an ascent by Gajardo to Peñas Blancas (Feb 7th 1957). But this was probably to the secondary summit as Kunsmann, Rosende and Vian did not find any evidence of such ascent.[7]

Elevation

It has an official height of 6030 meters.[8] Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM yields 6034 metres,[9] ASTER 6022 metres,[10] ALOS 6034 metres[11] and TanDEM-X 6074 metres.[12] The height of the nearest key col is 5571 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 479 meters.[13] Peña Blanca is considered a Mountain according to the Dominance System [14] and its dominance is 7.92%. Its parent peak is El Ermitaño and the Topographic isolation is 5.1 kilometers.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Peña Blanca". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  2. ↑ "Revista Andina 90". Revista Andina 90.
  3. ↑ "AAJ". AAJ: 207. 1968.
  4. ↑ Biggar, John (2020). The Andes a guide for climbers (5th ed.). Castle Douglas, Scotland. ISBN 978-0-9536087-7-5. OCLC 1260820889.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. 1 2 rbenavente. "Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional | SIIT | Mapas vectoriales". bcn.cl. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  6. ↑ "Revista Andina 90". Revista Andina 90.
  7. 1 2 "AAJ (American Alpine Journal)". AAJ: 74–91. 1957.
  8. ↑ "IGM Chile". IGM Chile. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "Digital Elevation - SRTM Coverage Maps". USGS EROS Archive. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  10. ↑ "ASTER GDEM Project". ssl.jspacesystems.or.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  11. ↑ "ALOS GDEM Project". ALOS EORC Jax Japan. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  12. ↑ TanDEM-X, TerraSAR-X. "Copernicus Space Component Data Access". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  13. 1 2 "Peña Blanca". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  14. ↑ "Dominance - Page 2". www.8000ers.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
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