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Record SL-773555 · Wikidata Q6904666

Monte Buckland

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Elevation
1,746 m
5,728 ft
Prominence
Isolation
Coordinates
54.3763° S, 70.3612° W
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Monte Buckland
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Description

Wikipedia

Monte Buckland is a prominent peak in Alberto de Agostini National Park, in the Chilean portion of Tierra del Fuego. It towers over a narrow peninsula between Agostini Fjord and Fitton bay, which is an eastward projection of the Gabriel Channel, which separates Dawson Island from Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. The mounts Sella, Aosta and Giordano are located to the southeast of Mt Buckland and have distinctive shapes. Phillip Parker King's description of the mountain: Close to the east end of the Gabriel Channel is Mount Buckland, a tall obelisk-like hill, terminating in a sharp needlepoint, and lifting its head above a chaotic mass of 'reliquiæ diluvianæ,' covered with perpetual snow, by the melting of which an enormous glacier on the leeward, or north-eastern side, has been gradually formed. Monte Buckland was climbed in 2012 by a German expedition after several decades since its first ascent.

First ascent

Date
1966
Carlo Mauri and party.2012 by Robert Koschitzki and party
Source · wikipedia

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Neighbouring summits

Name Elevation Bearing Distance
Cerro Bella Vista 825 m S 166° 3.8 km
Cerro García 1,244 m S 198° 5.0 km