Vallecitos
Vallecitos is the distant conical mountain on the right. Seen from near Ojos del Salado
Highest point
Elevation6,120 m (20,080 ft)[1]
Prominence1,190 metres (3,904 ft)
Parent peakSierra Nevada de Lagunas Bravas
Coordinates26°12′39.95″S 068°19′00.48″W / 26.2110972°S 68.3168000°W / -26.2110972; -68.3168000
Geography
Vallecitos is located in Argentina
Vallecitos
Vallecitos
Argentina
CountryArgentina
Parent rangePuna de Atacama, Andes
Climbing
First ascent14/04/1999 - Henri Barret (France)[2]

Vallecitos is a mountain subrange/area in Argentina. It has a height of 6,120 metres (20,079 ft). It is located at Antofagasta de la Sierra, Catamarca Province, at the Puna de Atacama.[3]

First ascent

The first recorded ascent of Cerro Vallecitos was by Henri Barret (France) April 14, 1999.[2]

Elevation

Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM yields 6097 metres,[4] ASTER 6079 metres,[5] ASTER filled 6097 metres,[6] ALOS 6079 metres,[7] TanDEM-X 6138 metres,[8] The height of the nearest key col is 4930 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 1190 meters.[9] Vallecitos is considered a Mountain Subrange according to the Dominance System [10] and its dominance is 19.44%. Its parent peak is Sierra Nevada de Lagunas Bravas and the Topographic isolation is 39.4 kilometers.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Vallecitos". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  2. 1 2 "AAJ". AAJ: 277. 2005.
  3. ↑ "Capas SIG | Instituto Geográfico Nacional". www.ign.gob.ar. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  4. ↑ USGS, EROS Archive. "USGS EROS Archive - Digital Elevation - SRTM Coverage Maps". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "ASTER GDEM Project". ssl.jspacesystems.or.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  6. ↑ "MADAS(METI AIST Data Archive System)". Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  7. ↑ "ALOS GDEM Project". ALOS EORC Jax Japan. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  8. ↑ TanDEM-X, TerraSAR-X. "Copernicus Space Component Data Access". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  9. 1 2 "Vallecitos". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  10. ↑ "Dominance - Page 2". www.8000ers.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
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