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

Sunrise illuminates Cerro Fitz Roy (3405 meters or 11,171 feet elevation), as seen from Mirador al Chaltén on Ruta 23 just 2 km southeast of the village of El Chalten in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Patagonia, South America. Monte Fitz Roy is also known as Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, or Mount Fitz Roy. 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 word meaning "smoking mountain", due to clouds that usually form around the peak.

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Contained in galleries: 2020 Feb: all Patagonia (ARGENTINA, CHILE), ARGENTINA: Mount Fitz Roy, El Chalten, Patagonia 2020 & 2005

Sunrise illuminates Cerro Fitz Roy (3405 meters or 11,171 feet elevation), as seen from Mirador al Chaltén on Ruta 23 just 2 km southeast of the village of El Chalten in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Patagonia, South America. Monte Fitz Roy is also known as Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, or Mount Fitz Roy. 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 word meaning "smoking mountain", due to clouds that usually form around the peak.