Marmolejo

File:Marmolejo Volcano, central Chile.jpg

Marmolejo top seen from the north. The face of the cliff shows altered rocks from the core of the volcano.

Volcán Marmolejo is a Template:Convert high Pleistocene stratovolcano in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It is located Template:Convert NNE of the active San José volcano, and is the southernmost Template:Convert-plus peak in the world.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Argentine portion is within the Argentinean protection area of Provincial Reserve for Multiple Use and Natural Recreation Manzano / Portillo de Piuquenes. It is on the border of two provinces: Argentinean province of Mendoza and Chilean province of Cordillera. Its slopes are within the administrative boundaries of the two cities: Argentinean city of Tunuyán and the Chilean commune of San José de Maipo.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

First ascent

Marmolejo was first climbed by Hermann Sattler, Sebastian Krückel and Albrecht Maass (Germany) October 1, 1928.<ref name="Fantin">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Sebastian Krückel 26–39">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Evelio Echevarría 1963 431">Template:Cite journal</ref>

Elevation

It has an official height of 6108 meters.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM yields 6097 metres,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> ASTER 6103 metres,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> ALOS 6085 metres<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and TanDEM-X 6129 metres.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The height of the nearest key col is 4005 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 2103 meters.<ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Marmolejo is considered a Mountain Range according to the Dominance System <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and its dominance is 34.43%. Its parent peak is Tupungato and the Topographic isolation is 42.9 kilometers.<ref name=":2" />

See also

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San José volcanic complex. From left to right: Marmolejo, La Engorda and San José.

• List of volcanoes in Argentina
• List of volcanoes in Chile

External links

• SI Google Earth Placemarks - Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: download placemarks with SI Holocene volcano-data.
• Elevation information about Marmolejo
• Weather Forecast at Marmolejo

References

• Template:Cite gvp (includes Marmolejo)
• Template:Cite book (in Spanish; also includes volcanoes of Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru)
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