Monte San Lorenzo, also known as Monte Cochrane, is a

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on the border between

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and

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

Patagonia Patagonia () refers to a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile. The region comprises the southern section of the Andes Mountains with lakes, fjords, temperate rainforests, and gl ...

, reaching a height of .World Wildlife Fund; C.Michael Hogan. 2010
''Magellanic subpolar forests''. Encyclopedia of Earth, National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC
/ref> The Chilean name of Cochrane comes from the nearby town of Cochrane where climbers often approach the mountain. The peak was first climbed by

Alberto María de Agostini Father Alberto Maria de Agostini (2 November 1883 – 25 December 1960) born in Pollone, Piedmont was an Italian missionary of the Salesians of Don Bosco order as well as a passionate mountaineer, explorer, geographer, ethnographer, photographer ...

in 1943. The mountain is covered by three large

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(two in Argentina and one in Chile). The Argentine glaciers show clear evidence of retreat.

Incident

The peak gained further notoriety in 2014 when professional ski-mountaineers

JP Auclair Jean-Philippe Auclair (August 22, 1977 – September 29, 2014) was a Canadian freeskiier. He was born in Sainte-Foy, Quebec. JP helped Salomon launch the 1080 ski in 1998 and in 2002, along with fellow freeskier Tanner Hall founded Armada s ...

and Andreas Fransson perished on its slopes in a large avalanche.

Gallery

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image of San Lorenzo as seen from the south

References

Mountains of Aysén Region Landforms of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina Mountains of Argentina Argentina–Chile border International mountains of South America Three-thousanders of the Andes {{Aysén-geo-stub

Incident

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