Nevado Juncal

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Juncal
Juncal from Col des Libérateurs.jpg
Highest point
Elevation5,953 m (19,531 ft)[1]
Prominence833 metres (2,733 ft)
Parent peakNevado del Plomo
Coordinates33°3′10.44″S 070°6′07.20″W / 33.0529000°S 70.1020000°W / -33.0529000; -70.1020000Coordinates: 33°3′10.44″S 070°6′07.20″W / 33.0529000°S 70.1020000°W / -33.0529000; -70.1020000
Geography
Juncal is located in Argentina
Juncal
Juncal
Argentina / Chile
CountriesArgentina and Chile
Parent range, Andes
Climbing
First ascent17/1/1911 - Federico Reichert (Germany) , Robert Helbling (Germany) and Damasio Beíza (Chile).

Location[]

Nevado Juncal is a mountain at the border of Argentina and Chile, at the head of Aconcagua Val. It has a height of 5,953 metres (19,531 ft). It's located at , Los Andes Department, Valparaíso Region, at the . The mountain hosts several glaciers including the Juncal Norte and Juncal Sur.[2]

Elevation[]

It has an official height of 5965 meters[3] Based on the elevation provided by the available Digital elevation models, SRTM2 (5940m[4]), ASTER (5918m[5]), TanDEM-X(5905m with voids[6]), Juncal is about 5953 meters above sea level.[7][8]

The height of the nearest key col is 5120 meters,[9] so its prominence is 833 meters. Juncal is listed as subgroup or massif, based on the Dominance system [10] and its dominance is 13.99%. Its parent peak is Nevado del Plomo and the Topographic isolation is 6.6 kilometers.[11] This information was obtained during a research by Suzanne Imber in 2014.[12]

External links[]

Juncal Sur Glacier
TypeMountain glacier
LocationChile

References[]

  1. ^ "Juncal". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  2. ^ "Nevado Juncal". Aventuras Patagonicas. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  3. ^ "IGN Argentina". IGN Argentina. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  4. ^ NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission - Filled Data V2". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  5. ^ "ASTER GDEM Project". ssl.jspacesystems.or.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  6. ^ TanDEM-X, TerraSAR-X. "Copernicus Space Component Data Access". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Andean Mountains - All above 5000m". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  8. ^ "Juncal". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  9. ^ "Andean Mountains - All above 5000m". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  10. ^ "Dominance - Page 2". www.8000ers.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  11. ^ "Juncal". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  12. ^ ap507. "Academic and adventurer describes the incredible task of climbing and cataloguing one of the most remote regions of the South American Andes mountains — University of Leicester". www2.le.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-04-12.


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