Polleras
Polleras is a mountain subrange at the border of Argentina and Chile with an elevation of 5,993 metres (19,662 ft) metres.[1][2] Polleras is within the following mountain ranges: Argentine Andes, Chilean Andes, Andes Centrales. Its territory is within the Argentinean protection area of Tupungato Volcano Provincial Park. It is on the border of 2 provinces: Argentinean province of Mendoza; Chilean province of Cordillera. Its slopes are within 2 cities: Argentinean city of Luján de Cuyo; Chilean city of San José de Maipo.
First Ascent
Polleras was first climbed by Friedrich Reichert (Germany) in 2958.[3]
Elevation
It has an official height of 5543 meters[4]. Based on the elevation provided by the available Digital elevation models, SRTM (5868m[5]), ASTER (5975m[6]), ALOS (5975m[7]), TanDEM-X(5760m[8]), Polleras is about 5993 meters above sea level.[9][10]
The height of the nearest key col is 4557 meters).[11] so its prominence is 1436 meters. Polleras is listed as mountain subrange, based on the Dominance system [12] and its dominance is 23.96%. Its parent peak is Nevado del Plomo and the Topographic isolation is 21 kilometers. [13] This information was obtained during a research by Suzanne Imber in 2014.[14]
References
- ^ "Capas SIG | Instituto Geográfico Nacional". www.ign.gob.ar. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
- ^ rbenavente. "Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional | SIIT | Mapas vectoriales". bcn.cl. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
- ^ Federico Reichert (1929). La Exploración de la Alta Cordillera. pp. 330–332.
- ^ "IGN Argentina". IGN Argentina. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ USGS, EROS Archive,. "USGS EROS Archive - Digital Elevation - SRTM Coverage Maps". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "ASTER GDEM Project". ssl.jspacesystems.or.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ^ "ALOS GDEM Project". https://www.eorc.jaxa.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ TanDEM-X, TerraSAR-X. "Copernicus Space Component Data Access". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Andean Mountains - All above 5000m". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- ^ "Polleras". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- ^ "Andean Mountains - All above 5000m". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- ^ "Dominance - Page 2". www.8000ers.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- ^ "Polleras". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- ^ 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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