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5-473: Chaltén has several meanings: Fitz Roy (also known as Cerro Chaltén), a mountain in Patagonia, South America El Chaltén , a small village at the base of Cerro Chaltén Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Chaltén . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

10-664: A cloud usually forms around the mountain's peak. Fitz Roy is one of several peaks the Tehuelche called Chaltén. Argentina and Chile have agreed that their international border detours eastwards to pass over the main summit, but a large part of the border to the south of the summit, as far as Cerro Murallón, remains undefined. The mountain is the symbol of the Argentine Santa Cruz Province , which includes its representation on its flag and its coat of arms. On February 27, 2014, Chile's National Forestry Corporation created

15-573: Is a mountain in Patagonia , on the border between Argentina and Chile . It is located in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field , near El Chaltén village and Viedma Lake . It was first climbed in 1952 by French alpinists Lionel Terray and Guido Magnone . The first Europeans recorded as seeing Mount Fitz Roy were the Spanish explorer Antonio de Viedma and his companions, who reached

20-451: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chaltén&oldid=932754694 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Fitz Roy Monte Fitz Roy (also known as Cerro Chaltén , Cerro Fitz Roy , or simply Mount Fitz Roy )

25-550: The shores of Viedma Lake in 1783. Argentine explorer Francisco Moreno saw the mountain on 2 March 1877; he named it Fitz Roy in honour of Robert FitzRoy who, as captain of HMS  Beagle , had travelled up the Santa Cruz River in 1834 and charted large parts of the Patagonian coast. Cerro is a Spanish word meaning ridge or hill, while Chaltén comes from a Tehuelche (Aonikenk) word meaning "smoking mountain", because

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