Bonete Chico 6770m

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Bonete Chico is a mountain subrange in Argentina with an elevation of 6770 metres. Bonete Chico is within the following mountain ranges: Argentine Andes, Puna de Atacama. It is located at the Argentinean province of La Rioja. Its slopes are at the Argentinean city of Vinchina.Due to a handheld GPS survery in Nov 2011 (Maximo Kausch's 6791m), also due SRTM error margin in this area which varies 10~18m, altitude should be around 6757 based on SRTM alone. Based on TandemX (6777m) which is usually overestimated by 10~20m, 6770m seems to be its resonable altitude. The height of the nearest key col is 5286 meters so its prominence is 1484 meters. Bonete Chico is listed as mountain subrange, based on the Dominance system and its dominance is 21.92%.


NameBonete Chico
Altitude6770m
Lat/Lon-28.0187,-68.7556
Dominance %21.92%
Prominence1484
Key Lat/Lon-27.8239,-68.8406
Key Col Alt5286
Parent PeakPissis -27.7548,-68.7989
Dominance Classmountain subrange
DEM Avg. Altitude6737
ASTER6711
SRTM6737
TanDEM-X6777
ALOS6760
Maximo Kausch data6791
First Ascent infoVicente Cichitti Marcone and Cirilo Urriche (Argentina) - 15/01/1970
First Ascent SourceJOURNAL: Revista La Montaña 14 DATE: december 1970 / JOURNAL: AAJ (American Alpine Journal) DATE: 1971
Isolation29.7km
CountryArgentina
Argentina CityVinchina
Argentina ProvinceLa Rioja
Mountain Range Level 1Argentine Andes
Mountain Range Level 2Puna de Atacama
Reason for alt adjustmentDue to a handheld GPS survery in Nov 2011 (Maximo Kausch's 6791m), also due SRTM error margin in this area which varies 10~18m, altitude should be around 6757 based on SRTM alone. Based on TandemX (6777m) which is usually overestimated by 10~20m, 6770m seems to be its resonable altitude


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