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ARGENTINA: Mount Fitz Roy, El Chalten, Patagonia 2020 & 2005

Monte Fitz Roy / Cerro Fitz Roy. El Chalten, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Patagonia, South America.

Monte Fitz Roy is also known as Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, or Mount Fitz Roy. The peak of Cerro Fitz Roy rises to 3405 m (11,171 ft) elevation above the resort of El Chalten in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Patagonia, South America. The first Europeans recorded as seeing Mount 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 (Aonikenk) word meaning "smoking mountain", due to a cloud that usually forms around the peak. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.

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Monte Fitz Roy is also known as Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, or Mount Fitz Roy. The peak of Cerro Fitz Roy rises to 3405 m (11,171 ft) elevation above the resort of El Chalten in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Patagonia, South America. The first Europeans recorded as seeing Mount 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 (Aonikenk) word meaning "smoking mountain", due to a cloud that usually forms around the peak. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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