Punta Herón
Punta Herón is a mountain in Natales, Última Esperanza Province, Region of Magallanes and has an elevation of 2,664 metres. Punta Herón is situated nearby to the locality Circo de los Altares, as well as near Chaltén Mountain Range Natural Site, Chile.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cerro Torre and Torre Egger.
Cerro Torre
Peak
Photo: Stefan.straub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cerro Torre is one of the mountains of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in South America. It is located on the border dividing Argentina and Chile, west of Fitz Roy.
Torre Egger
Peak
Photo: Christof01, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Torre Egger is one of the peaks in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in South America, located between Argentina and Chile, west of Cerro Chalten. Torre Egger lies between Cerro Torre, the highest in a four mountain chain and Cerro Standhardt.
Cerro Standhardt
Peak
The Cerro Standhardt is a mountain within the disputed area between Chile and Argentina. It is the third highest of a chain of four peaks, which also includes Cerro Torre, Torre Egger, and Herron Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Circo de los Altares and Chaltén Mountain Range Natural Site, Chile.
Circo de los Altares
Locality
Photo: Juan Francisco Bustos, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Circo de los Altares is a cirque glacier of the Patagonian Andes, located in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, where Cerro Torre and Mount Fitz Roy can be seen from its western sides.
Chaltén Mountain Range Natural Site, Chile
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Chaltén Mountain Range Natural Site is a natural site part of the Bernardo O'Higgins National Park in the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region, Chile.
Punta Herón
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 2,664 metres
- Also known as: “Punta Heron”
- Category: landform
- Location: Natales, Última Esperanza Province, Region of Magallanes, Chile, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-49.28842° or 49° 17′ 18″ southLongitude
-73.0993° or 73° 5′ 58″ westElevation
2,664 metres (8,740 feet)Open location code
4728PW62+J7GeoNames ID
12511009
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