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Elevation3,177 m (10,423 ft)

Coordinates49°57′39.90208″S 73°27′4.86976″W / 49.9610839111°S 73.4513527111°W

EtymologyNamed after Swiss glaciologist Louis Agassiz

Cerro Agassiz
Cerro Agassiz Location in Southern Patagonia

Highest point
Elevation	3,177 m (10,423 ft)
Coordinates	49°57′39.90208″S 73°27′4.86976″W / 49.9610839111°S 73.4513527111°W / -49.9610839111; -73.4513527111
Naming
Etymology	Named after Swiss glaciologist Louis Agassiz
Geography
Location	Southern Patagonian Ice Field
Countries	Argentina Chile
Region	Patagonia
Parent range	Andes

Cerro Agassiz^[1]^[2] is a mountain in the Andes, located on the border between Argentina and Chile, in the Patagonia region. It stands at an elevation of 3,177 meters.

On the Argentine side, the mountain is part of Los Glaciares National Park in Santa Cruz Province. On the Chilean side, it is part of Bernardo O'Higgins National Park in the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic Region.

In 1898, the expert Francisco Moreno identified the mountain as Agassiz according to a study conducted by glaciologist Cedomir Marangunic, which takes as reference a photo of the mountain in Moreno's book called "Argentine-Chilean Border - Volume II".^[3]^[4]^[5] In some maps, the current Cerro Tomek (2940 meters in Lliboutry's map),^[6]^[7]^[8] or Roma (3270 meters in Lliboutry's map)^[6]^[8] or Agassiz Sur as Agassiz.^[9]

Alberto María de Agostini thought that the mountain was Cerro Bertrand; however, according to Marangunic, the historic Cerro Bertrand is Cerro Oasis/Agassiz Sur.^[6]^[10]^[11]

History

References

1 2 Daniel Álvarez Soza (2021). "CAMPOS DE HIELO SUR. UNA CONTROVERSIA PENDIENTE DE LÍMITES ENTRE ARGENTINA Y CHILE". Universidad de La Serena. Archived from the original on December 31, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
↑ "Cerro Agassiz". Peakery. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
1 2 Francisco Pascasio Moreno (1902). Frontera Argentino-Chilena - Volume II. pp. 905–911.
1 2 Arbitraje de Limites entre Chile i la Republica Arjentina - Chilean Exposition - Volume IV. Paris. 1902. pp. 1469–1484.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
1 2 Diego Barros Arana (1898). La Cuestion de Limites entre Chile i la Republica Arjentina. Santiago, Chile.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
1 2 3 4 Louis Lliboutry (1956). "Snow and Glaciers of Chile: Fundamentals of Glaciology" (PDF). University of Chile. p. 395. Retrieved November 13, 2024. The name Cerro Bertrand, according to De Agostini, corresponds to the so-called "Cerro Agassiz 3170," in the Preliminary Map, and the name Cerro Agassiz corresponds to the point called "Cerro Agusis" in the North American Preliminary Map and "Oasis" (!) in the Chilean Preliminary Map. (It is named after the great Swiss glaciologist Louis Agassiz).
↑ Prof. Reinaldo Börgel (1995). "Boundary Delimitation in the Southern Ice Fields". Revista de Geografía Norte Grande. Retrieved April 21, 2020. The Roma and Bertrand mountains (...) Following south, a series of important isolated peaks, such as Cerro Roma at 3270 meters, lead us to Cerro Agassiz at 2940 meters, located 15 km from the northern arm of Lake Argentino and 25 km from the head of the Penguin Fjord.
1 2 Ronald Mc Intyre Mendoza (January 1995). "SOUTHERN ICE FIELD. GEOPOLITICAL IMPORTANCE FOR CHILE" (PDF). Revista Marina. Regarding vertex 10 (from the 1991 polygonal), located on Cerro Agassiz, it is interesting to mention that in a work by Professors Masamu Aniya (Japanese) and Pedro Skavarca (Argentine), a note in a plan says the following: "The highest peak (3180 m) is named as Cerro Agassiz in the topographic map; however, we believe it is incorrectly located. According to 'Lliboutry' (1956), this is Cerro Roma and Cerro Agassiz corresponds to a peak located further south. Cerro Roma was renamed Cerro Vivod in 1969 by J. L. Skavarca after his first ascent" The analysis of the map shows that placing Cerro Agassiz where Roma is located, to the north and west of its true location, would seriously affect our interests. Regarding toponymy, there is a lot of confusion, due to the indiscriminate name changes that have been made in the area. The first thing to review is the toponymy used by the trans-Andean country and which appears on their maps, the same ones that were used to sign the 1991 Agreement.
↑ "Cerro Agassiz (2730 m.)". Andeshandbook. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
↑ "Lago Argentino" (PDF). TecPetrol. 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2024. It also reached the summit of Cerro Bertrand (3064 meters) located between Cerro Roma and Cerro Mac Andrews, unnamed on the IGM map.
1 2 Ipinza Mayor, Juan Ignacio [in Spanish]; Marangunic Damanovic, Cedomir [in Spanish]; Murialdo Laport, Helios (2025). El límite internacional en el Campo de Hielo Patagónico Sur (in Spanish). pp. 76, 78. ISBN 978-956-4238-97-5. El cerro que Francisco P. Moreno denominó como Monte Agassiz –en honor al científico suizo Louis Agassiz–, y cuya fotografía (Fig. 9.12A) aparece en la Exposición Argentina (pág. 942 de la versión en inglés, atribuyéndole la cota de 3250 m) presentada al arbitraje de S.M.B., se ubica en las coordenadas 49º57'38" S y 73º27'16" W con cota de 3185 metros y es el extremo oriental de un breve cordón montañoso de cumbres nevadas. Fue De Agostini12, quien en su intento de travesía del Campo de Hielo Patagónico Sur, bautizó a este pequeño cordón montañoso como "Cordón Roma" y a su cumbre más elevada como Monte Roma (Figs. 9.12B, 9.13 y 9.14). Además, nombró como Cerro Bertrand a una cumbre ubicada aproximadamente 6 kilómetros al sur del Monte Agassiz; a este Bertrand se le conoce actualmente como Agassiz Sur (en las coordenada 50º00'48"S y 73º26'39"W, y cuya cima alcanza la cota de 2835 metros). En definitiva, el cerro al que se hace referencia en la Exposición Argentina, y que constituye el hito limítrofe, es el Agassiz original de F. P. Moreno. [The hill that Francisco P. Moreno named Monte Agassiz—in honor of Swiss scientist Louis Agassiz—and whose photograph (Fig. 9.12A) appears in the Argentine Exhibition (page 942 of the English version, attributing an elevation of 3250 m) presented to the arbitration of S.M.B., is located at coordinates 49º57'38“ S and 73º27'16” W with an elevation of 3185 meters and is the eastern end of a short mountain range with snow-capped peaks. It was De Agostini, in his attempt to cross the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, who named this small mountain range “Cordón Roma” and its highest peak Monte Roma (Figs. 9.12B, 9.13, and 9.14). He also named a peak located approximately 6 kilometers south of Mount Agassiz Cerro Bertrand; this Bertrand is now known as Agassiz Sur (at coordinates 50º00'48“S and 73º26'39”W, with a summit elevation of 2835 meters). In short, the hill referred to in the Argentine Exhibition, which constitutes the boundary landmark, is the original Agassiz of F. P. Moreno.]
↑ "Agreement between the Republic of Chile and the Republic of Argentina to define the boundary between Monte Fitz-Roy and Cerro Daudet". December 1998.

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