Cerro Arenales is a heavily ice-covered
stratovolcano
A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with a summit crater and per ...
located in the
Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region of
Chile, within
Laguna San Rafael National Park
Laguna San Rafael National Park () is a park located on the Pacific coast of southern Chile. The park is named for the San Rafael Lagoon formed by the retreat of the San Rafael Glacier. Created in 1959, it covers an area of and includes the North ...
. It towers over the southern part of the
Northern Patagonian Ice Field. Arenales has a summit elevation of 3,437 meters (11276 feet) above sea level.
Climbing
The first ascent of Cerro Arenales was made in 1958 by a Japanese-Chilean expedition, headed by Professor Tanaka. In December 1963 an expedition led by
Eric Shipton
Eric Earle Shipton, CBE (1 August 1907 – 28 March 1977), was an English Himalayan mountaineer.
Early years
Shipton was born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1907 where his father, a tea planter, died before he was three years old. When he was eigh ...
, crossed the NPIF heading southeast from
Laguna San Rafael to
Río de la Colonia and accomplished on the way the second ascent.
See also
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Monte San Valentín
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Baker River
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List of Ultras of South America
References
External links
"Cerro Arenales, Chile" on Peakbagger
Volcanoes of Aysén Region
Active volcanoes
Andean Volcanic Belt
Stratovolcanoes of Chile
Mountains of Chile
Quaternary volcanoes
Quaternary South America
Three-thousanders of the Andes
Mountains of Aysén Region
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