Monte Pissis

Coordinates: 27°45′17.27″S 068°47′56.04″W / 27.7547972°S 68.7989000°W / -27.7547972; -68.7989000
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Monte Pissis
Ultra
Coordinates27°45′17.27″S 068°47′56.04″W / 27.7547972°S 68.7989000°W / -27.7547972; -68.7989000[3]
Geography
Location
La Rioja and Catamarca provinces, Argentina
Parent rangeAndes
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Climbing
First ascent1937 by Osiecki and Jan Alfred Szczepański
Easiest routeHike, east side

Monte Pissis is an extinct

border and about 550 km (340 mi) north of Aconcagua. The mountain is the third-highest in the Western Hemisphere
. Monte Pissis is named after Pedro José Amadeo Pissis, a French geologist who worked for the Chilean government. Due to its location in the Atacama Desert, the mountain has very dry conditions but features an extensive glacier, with crevasses, which is unique in the region.

Elevation

A 1994 Argentine expedition claimed —using

DGPS survey of Pissis' summit and found the elevation to be 6,793 m (22,287 ft). In 2006 an international expedition surveyed the height on the summit, and found results in agreement with an elevation around 6,800 m (22,300 ft). This was later confirmed by a 2007 Chilean-Argentine-European expedition, which surveyed both Ojos del Salado and Monte Pissis and provisionally found the former to be 6,891 m (22,608 ft) and the latter 6,793 m (22,287 ft).[4][5]

Geology

Monte Pissis is a large andesitic-dacitic volcanic centre. It was formed between 6.6 and 6.2 million years ago. Like Cerro Bonete Chico it is one of the large volcanic complexes formed at that time over a deforming Nazca slab.[6] Volcanism in the area ceased about 2 million years ago.[7]

Monte Pissis, Cerro Bonete Chico and

hydrothermal activity at Incapillo may continue to this day.[9]

Climbing

Until recently, this mountain had received very little attention. The first successful recorded ascent was made in 1937 by Polish climbers Stefan Osiecki and Jan Alfred Szczepański of the Second Polish Andean Expedition.[10] The mountain was not climbed again until 1985.

The opening of mining in the area has resulted in the construction of basic roads in the last 15 years. This has developed the tourism in the Atacama Desert and now more people ascend the mountain, usually with a previous stop in Fiambalá to organise the climb. Approaching it from neighbouring Chile is also possible but involves a longer way.

As the mountain is very high and remote, a long approach is required but the ascent is easy and does not require any specific climbing skill. Nevertheless, warm clothing and good shoes are required as temperature during the night can drop as low as −30 °C (−22 °F) and winds can be very strong. Usually most teams ascend the peak during December to March, the warmest period of the year.

Main glacier on Monte Pissis.

The peak is one of the most heavily glaciated peaks in the Atacama Desert, although the glaciated area starts only at 5,900 m (19,400 ft) and the size of the glacier is small compared to the overall surface of the mountain.

From the base of the mountain 4,500 m (14,800 ft) several days of hike are required. The summit is usually reached directly from a high camp at 5,900 m (19,400 ft) at the edge of the glacier.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Phillipe Reuter: "El Ojos del Salado es 100 metros más alto que el Pissis"".
  2. ^ "Argentina and Chile North: Ultra-Prominences". Andes Specialists. 2020.
  3. ^ "Andean Mountains - All above 5000m".
  4. ^ "Ojos del Salado, el volcán más Alto del Mundo" (in Spanish). Desnivel. 22 May 2007. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Phillipe Reuter: "El Ojos del Salado es 100 metros más alto que el Pissis"". Retrieved 2020-04-11.
  6. S2CID 129489335
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  7. hdl:10533/173279
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  8. Bibcode:2003AGUFM.S41D0123G
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  9. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.05.005
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  10. ISBN 978-1-4617-0331-0
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11. Villarreal, Bob (2014). "Clawing for the Stars: A Solo Climber in the Highest Andes." ISBN 978-1-4582-1322-8. Site: bobvillarreal.com

Bibliography

Notes

  1. ^ The prominence value given here is based on an elevation of 6,795 m (22,293 ft)

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