Fitz Roy

Monte Fitz Roy

Monte Fitz Roy in 2013
Highest point
Elevation 3,405 m (11,171 ft) [1]
Prominence 1,951 m (6,401 ft) [1]
Listing Ultra
Coordinates 49°16′16.6″S 73°02′35.6″W / 49.271278°S 73.043222°W / -49.271278; -73.043222Coordinates: 49°16′16.6″S 73°02′35.6″W / 49.271278°S 73.043222°W / -49.271278; -73.043222 
Geography
Monte Fitz Roy
Location in the Southern Patagonia, on the border between Argentina and Chile
Location Patagonia, Argentina—Chile border
Parent range Andes
Geology
Mountain type Granite
Climbing
First ascent 1952 by Lionel Terray & Guido Magnone
Easiest route Franco Argentina (650m., 6a+, 6c/A1)

Monte Fitz Roy (also known as Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, or simply Mount Fitz Roy) is a mountain in Patagonia, on the border between Argentina and Chile.[2][3] It is located in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, near El Chaltén village. First climbed in 1952 by French alpinists Lionel Terray and Guido Magnone, it remains among the most technically challenging mountains for mountaineers on Earth.

Patagonia clothing founder Yvon Chouinard used Monte Fitz Roy as the basis for the company's logo, after his ascent of the mountain, and subsequent film, in 1968.

Discovery

Argentine explorer Francisco Moreno first saw the mountain on 2 March 1877. He named it Fitz Roy, in honour of Robert FitzRoy, who, as captain of the HMS Beagle had travelled up the Santa Cruz River in 1834 and charted large parts of the Patagonian coast.[4]

Cerro is a Spanish word meaning hill, while Chaltén comes from a Tehuelche (Aonikenk) word meaning "smoking mountain", due to a cloud that usually forms around the mountain's peak. Fitz Roy, however, was only one of a number of peaks the Tehuelche called Chaltén.[4]

Setting

It has been agreed by Argentina and Chile that their international border detours eastwards to pass over the main summit,[2] but a large part of the border to the south of the summit, as far as Cerro Murallón, remains undefined.[5] The mountain is the symbol of the Argentine Santa Cruz Province, which includes its representation on its coat of arms.

Notable ascents

Panorama of Monte Fitz Roy in the morning
Mount Fitz Roy on January 16 2015
Fitz Roy and lake Capri - Parque Nacional Los Glaciares - January 16 2015
Fitz Roy and Laguna de Los Tres Panorama - Parque Nacional Los Glaciares - April 2016

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Argentina and Chile, Southern - Patagonia Ultra Prominences". Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
  2. 1 2 "Border agreement between Chile and Argentina". 1998. Archived from the original on 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2006-08-07.
  3. ↑ Mount Fitz Roy - Difrol.cl
  4. 1 2 Moreno, FP (2006) [1879]. Viaje a la Patagonia Austral (in Spanish). La Nacion (Elefante Blanco). p. 2. ISBN 987-96054-7-0. Como este volcan activo no ha sido mencionado por los navegantes ni viajeros, y como el nombre de Chalten que le dan los indios lo aplican tambien a otras montanas, me permito llamarle volcan Fitz Roy - English: Since this active volcano has not been mentioned by navigators or travellers, and since the name Chalten that the Indians call it is also applied to other mountains, I allow myself to name it Fitz Roy volcano
  5. ↑ "Map showing border between Chile and Argentina (partly undefined)". Retrieved 2016-06-26.
  6. ↑ Silleck, H (2007-02-03). "Patagonia: Fitzroy". Summitpost.org. Summitpost.org. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
  7. 1 2 3 4 MacDonald, D (2009-01-15). "Haley Solos Fitz Roy's Supercanaleta". Climbing Hot Flashes. Climbing Magazine. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  8. ↑ Thompkins, D; Carter, HA (1969). "Fitz Roy, 1968". American Alpine Journal. 16 (43): 263–9.
  9. ↑ "First chilean climb of Mount Fitz Roy - Perros Alpinos.cl".
  10. ↑ MacDonald, D (2014-02-18). "Caldwell, Honnold Complete Fitz Traverse". Climbing News. Climbing Magazine. Retrieved 2016-08-15.

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