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Cerro Divisadero

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Elevation2,570 m (8,430 ft)
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Cerro Divisadero
Cerro Divisadero is located in Southern Patagonia
Cerro Divisadero
Cerro Divisadero
Location in Southern Patagonia
Highest point
Elevation2,570 m (8,430 ft)
Geography
LocationLocated in the disputed area between  Argentina and  Chile in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field.
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Parent rangeAndes

Cerro Divisadero[1] is a glaciated mountain in the Andes mountain range in Patagonia, located on the eastern edge of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, west of Lake Viedma, and near the glacier of the same name within the disputed area between Chile and Argentina. The mountain was named by the French glaciologist Louis Lliboutry.

For Argentina, the mountain has been part of Los Glaciares National Park since 1937, in the Lago Argentino Department of Santa Cruz Province, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. For Chile, its western side has been part of Bernardo O'Higgins National Park since 1969, in the Natales commune of Última Esperanza Province in the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic Region. Its height is 2,570 m (8,430 ft) above sea level,[2] and it is located near Cerro Campana, Cerro Mascarello, and Cerro Moyano.

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