Vallecitos (volcano)

Vallecitos is a mountain subrange/area in Argentina. It has a height of 6,120 metres (20,079 ft). It is located at Antofagasta de la Sierra, Catamarca Province, at the Puna de Atacama.[3]

Vallecitos
Vallecitos is the distant conical mountain on the right. Seen from near Ojos del Salado
Highest point
Elevation6,120 m (20,080 ft) [1]
Prominence1,190 metres (3,904 ft)
Parent peakSierra Nevada de Lagunas Bravas
Coordinates26°12′39.95″S 068°19′00.48″W 
Geography
Vallecitos
Argentina
CountriesArgentina
Parent rangePuna de Atacama, Andes
Climbing
First ascent14/04/1999 - Henri Barret (France)[2]

First ascent

Vallecitos was first climbed by Henri Barret (France) in 14/04/1999.[2] Also, Vallecitos has evidence of pre-Columbian ascents.

Elevation

Based on the elevation provided by the available Digital elevation models, SRTM (6097m[4]), ASTER (6079m[5]), SRTM filled with ASTER (6097m[5]), ALOS (6079m[6]), TanDEM-X(6138m[7]), Vallecitos is about 6120 meters above sea level.[8][9]

The height of the nearest key col is 4930 meters).[8] so its prominence is 1190 meters. Vallecitos is listed as mountain subrange or area, based on the Dominance system [10] and its dominance is 19.44%. Its parent peak is Sierra Nevada de Lagunas Bravas and the Topographic isolation is 39.4 kilometers.[9] This information was obtained during a research by Suzanne Imber in 2014.[11]

References
  1. "Vallecitos". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  2. "AAJ". AAJ: 277. 2005.
  3. "Capas SIG | Instituto Geográfico Nacional". www.ign.gob.ar. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  4. USGS, EROS Archive. "USGS EROS Archive - Digital Elevation - SRTM Coverage Maps". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  5. "ASTER GDEM Project". ssl.jspacesystems.or.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  6. "ALOS GDEM Project". www.eorc.jaxa.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  7. TanDEM-X, TerraSAR-X. "Copernicus Space Component Data Access". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  8. "Andean Mountains - All above 5000m". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  9. "Vallecitos". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  10. "Dominance - Page 2". www.8000ers.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  11. 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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