Region of Magallanes
Última Esperanza Province
Natales

Circo de los Altares

The Circo de los Altares is a cirque glacier of the Patagonian Andes, located in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, where and Mount Fitz Roy can be seen from its western sides.
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Photo: Juan Francisco Bustos, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Locality
  • Description: place in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field
  • Also known as: “Circo de Altares”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cerro Torre and Torre Egger.

Peak
Photo: Stefan.straub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is one of the mountains of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in . It is located on the border dividing and , west of .

Peak
Photo: Christof01, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is one of the peaks in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in , located between and , west of Cerro Chalten. lies between , the highest in a four mountain chain and .

Peak
The is a glacier-covered mountain of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in , located on the border between and . It lies west of , south of the Marconi Glacier, and in the northern part of the Circo de los Altares.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chaltén Mountain Range Natural Site, Chile.

Locality
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The Chaltén Mountain Range Natural Site is a natural site part of the in the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region, . is situated 3½ km east of Circo de los Altares.

Circo de los Altares

Latitude
-49.28036° or 49° 16′ 49″ south
Longitude
-73.12667° or 73° 7′ 36″ west
Elevation
1,440 metres (4,724 feet)
Open location code
4728PV9F+V8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1829874488
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
12493695
Wiki­data ID
Q93817083
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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“Circo de los Altares” goes by many names.

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Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Circo de los Altares”. Photo: Juan Francisco Bustos, CC BY-SA 2.0.