Cerro El Morado

Cerro El Morado
El Morado mountain in winter
Highest point
Elevation5,060 m (16,600 ft)
ListingList of mountains in Chile
Coordinates33°43′48″S 70°03′50″W / 33.73000°S 70.06389°W / -33.73000; -70.06389
Geography
Cerro El Morado is located in Chile
Cerro El Morado
Cerro El Morado
Location within Chile
Country
Chile
Region
Santiago Metropolitan Region
Parent rangeAndes

Cerro El Morado is a mountain in the Principal Cordillera of the Andes of Central Chile. It has a height of 5,060 metres (16,600 ft) and is located in the El Morado Natural Monument of the same name.[1]

The area is the cirque of the San Francisco Glacier and belongs to the Volcán River basin. Cerro El Morado dominates the landscape of this reserve.[1]

Dutch astronomy professor Jan Oort with international astronomy colleagues on horseback connoitering the Chilean mountains for a location where to establish the European Southern Observatory, Cerro El Morado, June 1963.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Chile and Easter Island. DK Publishing. 2018. p. 145. ISBN 9781465475923. Retrieved 22 August 2026.

Wikimedia Commons logo Media related to El Morado at Wikimedia Commons

This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.