Nevado Tres Cruces Central

Mountain in Chile

Region III Chile

Parent rangeAndes MountainsGeologyAge of rockPleistoceneMountain typeVolcanoVolcanic arc/beltCordillera Claudio Gay,^[2] Central Volcanic ZoneLast eruption28,000 years ago.^[1]ClimbingFirst ascentStefan Osiecki and Witold Paryski, 1937Easiest routeWalk

Nevado Tres Cruces Central is the second summit of an extinct volcanic massif, located in the Andes mountain range in the Atacama region of northern (Chile).

This summit, the second in altitude of the Tres Cruces massif, reaches 6629 meters above sea level, and a topographic prominence of nearly 610 meters in relation to the main or south summit. It is the highest summit located entirely in Chilean territory. Along with the south summit, it is the most visited of the massif; the col that connects them allows the ascent of both during the same expedition. That is the case of the first summiters, the Poles Stefan Osiecki and Witold Paryski, on 26 February 1937.^[3]

It has a crater of about one kilometer diameter.^[4]

References

^ Moreno, edited by Teresa; Gibbons, Wes (2007). The Geology of Chile. London: Geological Society. p. 154. ISBN 9781862392205. Retrieved 22 November 2015. {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
^ Rundel, Philip W.; Kleier, Catherine C. "Parque Nacional Nevado de Tres Cruces, Chile: A Significant Coldspot of Biodiversity in a High Andean Ecosystem" (PDF). The Newsletter of the Consortium for Integrated Climate Research in Western Mountains. US Forest Service. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
^ Andeshandbook. "Descripción del Nevado Tres Cruces Central". Retrieved 23 February 2017.
^ Chile Excepción. "Volcans du Chili : hauts sommets et fumerolles" (in French). Retrieved 23 February 2017.