Punta Herron
Punta Herron is a peak in Natales, Última Esperanza Province, Region of Magallanes and has an elevation of 2,750 metres. Punta Herron 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 Chaltén Mountain Range Natural Site, Chile and Circo de los Altares.
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.
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.
Punta Herron
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,750 metres
- Also known as: “Punta Herón”
- Categories: subpeak and landform
- Location: Natales, Última Esperanza Province, Region of Magallanes, Chile, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-49.2885° or 49° 17′ 19″ southLongitude
-73.0983° or 73° 5′ 54″ westElevation
2,750 metres (9,022 feet)Open location code
4728PW62+HMOpenStreetMap ID
node 677228147OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q135656613
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Punta Herron” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Punta Herron”
- “Punta Herron”
Localities in the Area
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