Cerro de Los Inocentes

Highest pointElevation1,268 m (4,160 ft)^[1]Isolation819.66 km (509.31 mi)^[2]Coordinates33°45′51″S 80°48′30″W / 33.76417°S 80.80833°W / -33.76417; -80.80833^[1]NamingEtymologyHoly InnocentsGeographyLocationAlejandro Selkirk Island, ChileClimbingFirst ascentunknown

Cerro de Los Inocentes (meaning "Hill of the Innocents" in Spanish) is the highest mountain in the Juan Fernández Islands, Valparaíso Region, Chile.^[1] It is a nesting ground for the Stejneger's petrel.^[3]

Geography

This 1,268 m (4,160 ft) high peak rises above the western shore of Alejandro Selkirk Island, the largest and the westernmost island of the Juan Fernández Archipelago.^[1] The mountain is smooth at the top with a cliff dropping steeply to the waters of the Pacific Ocean off its southwestern face.^[1]

Some sources give higher elevations ranging from about 1,400 m (4,600 ft) to more than 1,600 m (5,200 ft).^[4][5]

See also

• List of islands by highest point
• List of mountains in Chile

References

External links

• Simon G. Haberle, Late Quaternary Vegetation Dynamics and Human Impact on Alexander Selkirk Island, Chile - Journal of Biogeography Vol. 30, No. 2, Special Issue: Biogeography of Southeast Asia (Feb., 2003), pp. 239-255
• Isla Alejandro Selkirk travel - Lonely Planet
• temporal de viento en la isla Alejandro Selkirk, Chile.AVI