Cerro Las Tórtolas is a peak at the border of

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and

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with an elevation of metres and located at the Central Andes. It is on the border of the Argentinean province of San Juan and the Chilean province of Elqui. Its slopes are within the administrative boundaries of the Argentinean city of Iglesia and the Chilean commune of

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First Ascent

The first ascents were made by Indigenous Peoples, who built a platform at the summit and left elaborate figurines there. Las Tórtolas' first recorded ascent post-colonization was by Edgar Kausel (Chile) and Heinz Koch (Germany) on January 19, 1952. There are reports of a 1924 ascent (Hans Duddle) shown in some sources. However no evidence of this expedition was found.

Elevation

It has an official height of 6160 meters. Other data from available digital elevation models:

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yields 6130 metres, ASTER 6096 metres, ASTER filled 6130 metres and

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6171 metres. The height of the nearest key col is 4768

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, leading to a

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of 1377

. Las Tórtolas is considered a Mountain Subrange according to the ''Dominance System'' and its dominance is 22.41%. Its parent peak is Majadita and the

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is 54.9

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Elevation information about Las TórtolasWeather Forecast at Las Tórtolas
Mountains of Coquimbo Region Mountains of San Juan Province, Argentina Tortolas, Cerro Las Argentina–Chile border International mountains of South America Six-thousanders of the Andes Mountains of Chile {{chile-mountain-stub

First Ascent

Elevation

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