Medusa (mountain)

Medusa
Medusa is located in Chile
Medusa
Medusa
Argentina / 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 / 27.1278000°S 68.4849972°W / -27.1278000; -68.4849972
Geography
CountriesArgentina and Chile
Parent rangePuna de Atacama, Andes
Climbing
First ascent22/01/1986 - Claudio Bravo (Argentina)[2][3]

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

First Ascent

Medusa was first climbed by Claudio Bravo (Argentina) January 22, 1986.[7][3]

Elevation

Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM yields 6119 metres,[8] ASTER 6101 metres,[9] and TanDEM-X 6163 metres.[10] The height of the nearest key col is 5605 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 525 meters.[11] Medusa is considered a Mountain according to the Dominance System [12] and its dominance is 8.56%. Its parent peak is Ojos del Salado and the Topographic isolation is 5.9 kilometers.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Medusa". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  2. ^ "AAJ". AAJ: 201. 1990.
  3. ^ a b Guillermo Almaraz. "Personal Interview". Personal Interview: estilo andino.
  4. ^ 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)
  5. ^ "Capas SIG | Instituto Geográfico Nacional". ign.gob.ar. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  6. ^ rbenavente. "Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional | SIIT | Mapas vectoriales". bcn.cl. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  7. ^ "AAJ". AAJ: 201. 1990.
  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. ^ TanDEM-X, TerraSAR-X. "Copernicus Space Component Data Access". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  11. ^ a b "Medusa". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  12. ^ "Dominance - Page 2". www.8000ers.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.