Cerro La Mesa or La Mesa or Cerro de la Mesa is a mountain in the Cordillera de la Ramada range of the Andes, in Argentina.[6] It has a height of 6,180 metres (20,276 ft). La Mesa means table in Spanish. The name of the mountain comes its flat and long summit ridge (there are six summits, the 6200m being the highest). Despite the dry climate of the area, there are significant glaciers flowing down the southern and the eastern flank of the mountain. Its slopes are within the administrative boundaries of the Argentinean city of Calingasta, Province of San Juan.[7]
| Cerro La Mesa | |
|---|---|
 Cerro de la Mesa seen from the slopes of Mercedario. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 6,180 m (20,280 ft) |
| Prominence | 955 m (3,133 ft)[1] |
| Parent peak | Mercedario |
| Coordinates | 32°3′50″S 70°9′58″W / 32.06389°S 70.16611°W |
| Geography | |
  Cerro La Mesa | |
| Parent range | Cordillera de la Ramada |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 01/21/1971 - Hans Schöenberger (Austria)[2][3][4][5] |
First ascent
editLa Mesa was first climbed by Hans Schöenberger (Austria) on January 1, 1971.[3][4][5] The Polish 1934 expedition (February 10 of that year; leader: Konstanty Narkiewicz-Jodko, summit climbed by Wiktor Ostrowski, Jan Kazimierz Dorawski)[8] is sometimes credited with first ascent reached a 'southeast pinnacle'.[2]
Elevation
editOther data from available digital elevation models: SRTM yields 6158 metres,[9] ASTER 6167 metres,[10] ASTER filled 6161 metres,[11] TanDEM-X 6200 metres.[12] The height of the nearest key col is 5225 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 955 meters.[13] La Mesa is considered a Mountain Massif according to the Dominance System [14] and its dominance is 15.45%. Its parent peak is Mercedario and the Topographic isolation is 9.5 kilometers.[13]
Notes
edit- ^ "La Mesa". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- ^ a b Anibal Maturano. Las Rutas del Mercedario. p. 86.
- ^ a b Jorge Gonzalez (2011). Historia del Montañismo argentino. p. 64.
- ^ a b "AAJ (American Alpine Journal)". AAJ (American Alpine Journal): 179. 1972.
- ^ a b Jill Neate. "Mountaineering Literature". Mountaineering Literature: 180.
- ^ Biggar, John (2020). The Andes a guide for climbers (5th ed.). Castle Douglas, Scotland. ISBN 978-0-9536087-7-5. OCLC 1260820889.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Capas SIG | Instituto Geográfico Nacional". www.ign.gob.ar. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
- ^ Marek, Aneta (2016). "Andy jako rejon eksploracji górskiej Polaków do 1989 r." (PDF). Słupskie Prace Geograficzne (in Polish). 13: 83–104. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2023.
- ^ USGS, EROS Archive. "USGS EROS Archive - Digital Elevation - SRTM Coverage Maps". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "ASTER GDEM Project". ssl.jspacesystems.or.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ^ "MADAS(METI AIST Data Archive System)". Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ^ TanDEM-X, TerraSAR-X. "Copernicus Space Component Data Access". Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ a b "La Mesa". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- ^ "Dominance - Page 2". www.8000ers.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
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