Medusa (mountain)

Medusa is a mountain at the border of Argentina and Chile. It has a height of 6,130 metres (20,112 ft). It's located at Catamarca Province, Tinogasta Department, at the Puna de Atacama.[4][5]

Medusa
Medusa
Argentina / Chile
Medusa
Medusa (Chile)
Highest point
Elevation6,130 m (20,110 ft) [1]
Prominence525 m (1,722 ft)
Parent peakOjos del Salado
Coordinates27°7′40.08″S 068°29′05.99″W 
Geography
CountriesArgentina and Chile
Parent rangePuna de Atacama, Andes
Climbing
First ascent22/01/1986 - Claudio Bravo (Argentina)[2][3]

First Ascent

Medusa was first climbed by Claudio Bravo (Argentina) on 22/01/1986.[6][7]

Elevation

Based on the elevation provided by the available Digital elevation models, SRTM (6119m[8]), ASTER (6101m[9]), SRTM filled with ASTER (6119m[10]), ALOS (6101m[11]), TanDEM-X(6163m[12]), Medusa is about 6130 meters above sea level.[13][1]

The height of the nearest key col is 5,605 metres (18,389 ft),[13] so its prominence is 525 m (1,722 ft). Medusa is listed as mountain, based on the Dominance system,[14] and its dominance is 8.56%. Its parent peak is Ojos del Salado and the Topographic isolation is 5.9 km (3.7 mi).[1] This information was obtained during a research by Suzanne Imber in 2014.[15]

References
  1. "Medusa". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  2. "AAJ". AAJ: 201. 1990.
  3. Guillermo Almaraz. "Personal Interview". Personal Interview: estilo andino.
  4. "Capas SIG | Instituto Geográfico Nacional". ign.gob.ar. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  5. rbenavente. "Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional | SIIT | Mapas vectoriales". bcn.cl. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  6. "AAJ". AAJ: 201. 1990.
  7. Guillermo Almaraz. "Personal Interview". Personal Interview: estilo andino.
  8. USGS, EROS Archive. "USGS EROS Archive - Digital Elevation - SRTM Coverage Maps". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  9. "ASTER GDEM Project". ssl.jspacesystems.or.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  10. "ASTER GDEM Project". ssl.jspacesystems.or.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  11. "ALOS GDEM Project". www.eorc.jaxa.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  12. TanDEM-X, TerraSAR-X. "Copernicus Space Component Data Access". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  13. "Andean Mountains - All above 5000m". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  14. "Dominance - Page 2". 8000ers.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  15. 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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