Peña Blanca is a mountain in

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with an elevation of metres. Peña Blanca is within the following mountain ranges:

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Puna de Atacama The Puna de Atacama or Atacama Plateau''Atacama Plateau''
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. It is on the border of two provinces: Chilean provinces of

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and

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. Its slopes are within the territory of two Chilean cities:

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and

First ascent

Peña Blanca was first climbed by Sergio Kunsmann, Pedro Rosende and Etienne Vian (Chile) in November 21st 1967. American Alpine Journal 1957, page 74-91 mentions an ascent by Gajardo to Peñas Blancas (Feb 7th 1957). But this was probably to the secondary summit as Kunsmann, Rosende and Vian did not find any evidence of such ascent.

Elevation

It has an official height of 6030 meters. Other data from available

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yields 6034 metres,

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6022 metres,

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6034 metres and

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6074 metres. The height of the nearest

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is 5571

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, leading to a

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of 479

. Peña Blanca is considered a Mountain according to the ''Dominance System'' and its dominance is 7.92%. Its

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El Ermitaño El Ermitaño is a peak in Chile with an elevation of metres located at Puna de Atacama. It is on the border of the Chilean provinces of Chañaral and Copiapó (Communes of Diego de Almagro and Copiapó) Along with Cerro Peña Blanca, lies on t ...

and the

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is 5.1

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References

External links

Elevation information about Peña Blanca

Weather Forecast at Peña Blanca
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