Cerro Benítez ("Benítez hill") is a

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually highe ...

in the

Patagonia Patagonia () refers to a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile. The region comprises the southern section of the Andes Mountains with lakes, fjords, temperate rainforests, and g ...

n region of

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

. In a larger context this feature is an element of the

Cerro Toro Cerro Toro is a Cretaceous landform of the Magallanes Foreland in the Patagonian region of southeastern Chile. The Cerro Toro is an element of the southern Andes and a product of the Andean orogeny, caused by the subduction of the Nazca Plate ...

geological complex. The

Cueva del Milodón Natural Monument Cueva del Milodón Natural Monument is a Natural Monument located in the Chilean Patagonia, northwest of Puerto Natales and north of Punta Arenas. The monument is situated along the flanks of Cerro Benitez. It comprises several caves a ...

is situated on the southern flank of Cerro Benítez.C.M.Hogan, 2008 The Cerro Benítez is a location for sighting of the

Andean condor The Andean condor (''Vultur gryphus'') is a giant South American Cathartid vulture and is the only member of the genus ''Vultur''. Found in the Andes mountains and adjacent Pacific coasts of western South America, the Andean condor is the larg ...

References

* C. Michael Hogan (2008) ''Cueva del Milodon'', The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnha

* Stephen M. Hubbard, Brian W. Romans and Stephan A. Graham (2008) ''Deep-water foreland basin deposits of the Cerro Toro Formation, Magallanes basin, Chile: architectural elements of a sinuous basin axial channel belt'', Sedimentology, Mar. 2008 * Víctor A. Ramos and J. Duncan Keppie (1999) ''Laurentia-Gondwana Connections Before Pangea'', Geological Society of America

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Última Esperanza Province Landforms of Magallanes Region Mountains of Chile {{MagellanAntarctic-geo-stub

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