Co. Puntiagudo map

Co. Puntiagudo

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1 801 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

355 m

Prominence

Peak’s prominence is the least
vertical to be covered to get from the
summit to any other higher terrain.

Proportional Prominence 731 m

About

Puntiagudo-Cordón Cenizos (Spanish pronunciation: [puntjaˈɣuðo koɾˈðon seˈnisos]) is a snow-capped volcanic chain located in the Andes, in Los Lagos Region of Chile, near Volcán Osorno. It lies between Rupanco Lake and Todos los Santos Lake. "Volcán Puntiagudo" (Spanish for "Sharp-pointed volcano") is a stratovolcano with a prominent 2,493 m high sharp-pointed summit that results from glacial dissection and gets its name from this feature. According to locals, the Puntiagudo volcano lost some of its sharp point in the earthquake of 1960 (9.4–9.6 Mw). So the volcano was more pointed than it is today. Puntiagudo is also given the name Cerro Cenizas.

Puntiagudo is partially contained within Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park.

By elevation Co. Puntiagudo is

# 8 out of 27 in Provincia de Osorno
# 69 out of 507 in Región de Los Lagos
# 10 out of 25 in Parque Nacional Puyehue

By prominence Co. Puntiagudo is

# 14 out of 27 in Provincia de Osorno
# 13 out of 25 in Parque Nacional Puyehue