Monte Bove is an ice-capped mountain at the eastern end of the
Cordillera Darwin
The Cordillera Darwin is an extensive mountain range mantled by an ice field that is located in Chile.
Description
Cordillera Darwin is located in the southwestern portion of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, entirely within the Chilean territor ...
, Chile. The summit was reached for the first time in 1963 by a team 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 e ...
. The second recorded ascent of Monte Bove was made in 1990.
References
Mountains of Magallanes Region
Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
Two-thousanders of the Andes
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