The Cerro Huemul is a glaciated mountain in the Andes located on the eastern edge of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, west of Lake Viedma and north of the Viedma Glacier within the disputed area between Chile and Argentina.
| Cerro Huemul | |
|---|---|
 Cerro Huemul in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,677 m (8,783 ft) |
| Naming | |
| Etymology | South Andean deer (Huemul) |
| Geography | |
  Cerro Huemul Location in Southern Patagonia | |
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| Location | Located in the disputed area between  Argentina and  Chile in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. |
| Countries | |
| Parent range | Andes |
For Argentina, the hill has been part of Los Glaciares National Park in the Lago Argentino Department, Santa Cruz Province, since 1937, and was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1981. For Chile, its western side has been part of Bernardo O'Higgins National Park since 1969, in the Natales commune, Última Esperanza Province, Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic Region. Its elevation is 2,677 m (8,783 ft).
It can be accessed via a circuit from the Argentine town of El Chaltén, with the Huemul Pass and Del Viento Pass located nearby.[1]
History
editAfter the signing of the 1881 Treaty between Argentina and Chile, the boundary in the area was defined in 1898 by the boundary surveyors, Francisco Pascasio Moreno from Argentina and Diego Barros Arana from Chile. Huemul was declared a border landmark. The surveyors had no differences in the area between Mount Fitz Roy and Cerro Stokes, unlike other territories that were subject to arbitration in the 1902 arbitral award. The boundary was defined by the following mountain landmarks and their natural continuity: Mount Fitz Roy, Torre, Huemul, Campana, Agassiz, Heim, Mayo, and Stokes (nowadays Cervantes).[2][3][4] Chile has defended it as a border landmark.[5]
In 1998, the "Agreement between the Republic of Chile and the Republic of Argentina to determine the boundary line from Mount Fitz Roy to Cerro Daudet" was signed, defining section A and a small part of section B, with the area between Fitz Roy and the Murallón still pending.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Una caminata por el Circuito Huemul | Patagonia´s Magazine: Patagon Journal". Patagon Journal. July 1, 2018.
- ^ Francisco Pascasio Moreno (1902). Frontera Argentino-Chilena - Volumen II. pp. 905–911.
- ^ Arbitraje de Limites entre Chile i la Republica Arjentina - Esposicion Chilena - Tomo IV. Paris. 1902. pp. 1469–1484.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Diego Barros Arana (1898). La Cuestion de Limites entre Chile i la Republica Arjentina. Santiago de Chile.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Daniel Álvarez Soza (2021). "CAMPOS DE HIELO SUR. UNA CONTROVERSIA PENDIENTE DE LÍMITES ENTRE ARGENTINA Y CHILE". Universidad de La Serena. Archived from the original on December 31, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
- ^ "Acuerdo entre la República de Chile y la República Argentina para precisar el recorrido del límite desde el Monte Fitz-Roy hasta el Cerro Daudet". December 1998.