Colanguil

Colanguil or Colangüil is a mountain range or area in Argentina. It has a height of 6,122 metres (20,085 ft). It's located at Iglesia Department, San Juan Province, at the Central Andes.[5]

Colanguil
Colangüil as seen from the northeast.jpg
Highest point
Elevation6,122 m (20,085 ft) [1][2]
Prominence1,547 metres (5,075 ft)
Parent peakMajadita
Coordinates29°35′20.75″S 069°26′57.12″W 
Geography
Colanguil
Argentina
CountriesArgentina
Parent rangeCentral Andes, Andes
Climbing
First ascent15/12/1994 - Pedro Rosell and Humberto Campodónico (Argentina)[3][4]

First Ascent

Colanguil was first climbed by Pedro Rosell (Argentina) and Humberto Campodónico (Argentina) in 15/12/1994.[6][7]

Elevation

Based on the elevation provided by the available Digital elevation models, SRTM (6100m[8]), ASTER (6076m[9]), SRTM filled with ASTER (6100m[10]), ALOS (6076m[11]), TanDEM-X(6133m[12]), Colanguil is about 6122 meters above sea level.[13][14]

The height of the nearest key col is 4575 meters.[15] so its prominence is 1547 meters. Colanguil is listed as mountain range or area, based on the Dominance system [16] and its dominance is 25.27%. Its parent peak is Majadita and the Topographic isolation is 97.8 kilometers.[17] This information was obtained during a research by Suzanne Imber in 2014.[18]

References
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  2. "Colanguil". Andes Website. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
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  5. "Capas SIG | Instituto Geográfico Nacional". ign.gob.ar. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
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  7. "AAJ". AAJ: 226. 1995.
  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". 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. "Colanguil". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  15. "Andean Mountains - All above 5000m". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  16. "Dominance - Page 2". 8000ers.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  17. "Colanguil". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  18. 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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