Mount Fitz Roy, Los Glaciares NP, El Chalten, Argentina, Patagonia, South America.

Mount Fitz Roy (3405 m or 11,171 ft elevation) in Los Glaciares National Park, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Patagonia, South America. The trail called Sendero Fitz Roy leads from El Chalten to Laguna de Los Tres (20 km round trip with 1100 meters gain). Monte Fitz Roy is also known as Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, or Mount Fitz Roy. The first Europeans recorded as seeing Cerro Fitz Roy were the Spanish explorer Antonio de Viedma and his companions, who in 1783 reached the shores of Viedma Lake. In 1877, Argentine explorer Francisco Moreno saw the mountain and named it Fitz Roy in honour of Robert FitzRoy who, as captain of HMS Beagle, had travelled up the Santa Cruz River in 1834 and charted large parts of the Patagonian coast. Mt Fitz Roy was first climbed in 1952. Cerro is a Spanish word meaning hill, while Chaltén comes from a Tehuelche word meaning "smoking mountain", due to clouds that usually form around the peak. Los Glaciares National Park and Reserve are honored on UNESCO's World Heritage List.

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Mount Fitz Roy (3405 m or 11,171 ft elevation) in Los Glaciares National Park, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Patagonia, South America. The trail called Sendero Fitz Roy leads from El Chalten to Laguna de Los Tres (20 km round trip with 1100 meters gain). Monte Fitz Roy is also known as Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, or Mount Fitz Roy. The first Europeans recorded as seeing Cerro Fitz Roy were the Spanish explorer Antonio de Viedma and his companions, who in 1783 reached the shores of Viedma Lake. In 1877, Argentine explorer Francisco Moreno saw the mountain and named it Fitz Roy in honour of Robert FitzRoy who, as captain of HMS Beagle, had travelled up the Santa Cruz River in 1834 and charted large parts of the Patagonian coast. Mt Fitz Roy was first climbed in 1952. Cerro is a Spanish word meaning hill, while Chaltén comes from a Tehuelche word meaning "smoking mountain", due to clouds that usually form around the peak. Los Glaciares National Park and Reserve are honored on UNESCO's World Heritage List.