- Mount Darwin (Andes)
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Mount Darwin Elevation 2,580 m (8,465 ft) [1] Prominence 2,580 m (8,465 ft) Listing Ultra Location Tierra del Fuego, Chile Range Andes Coordinates 54°45′S 69°29′W / 54.75°S 69.483°WCoordinates: 54°45′S 69°29′W / 54.75°S 69.483°W Climbing First ascent 1961 by Shipton, Garcia, Vivanco and Marangunic Mount Darwin, the highest peak in Tierra del Fuego at 2,580 m (8,460 ft) forms part of the Cordillera of the Andes, South America, just to the north of the Beagle Channel. It is formed of crystalline schists and has massive glaciers down its steep southern slopes.
It is best climbed in late December, January, February and March, and was first climbed in 1961 by Eric Shipton, E. Garcia, F. Vivanco and C. Marangunic.
It was given its name during the voyage of the Beagle by HMS Beagle's captain Robert FitzRoy to celebrate Charles Darwin's 25th birthday on 12 February 1834. A year earlier FitzRoy had named an expanse of water to the southwest of the mountain the Darwin Sound to commemorate Darwin's quick wit and courage in saving them from being marooned when waves from a mass of ice splitting off a glacier threatened their boats.
External links
References
- Adrian Desmond and James Moore, Darwin (London: Michael Joseph, the Penguin Group, 1991). ISBN 0-7181-3430-3
Categories:- Tierra del Fuego
- Mountains of Chile
- Mountains of South America
- Geography of Magellan and Chilean Antarctica Region
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