Cerro Cervantes

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The Cerro Cervantes is a mountain in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field with an elevation of 2,380 meters above sea level or 680 meters above the surrounding terrain. Its foothills are about 5.6 kilometers wide. It is located in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, and is part of Los Glaciares National Park. Before the 1998 agreement between Argentina and Chile, this mountain was considered a border landmark by Chile. The terrain around Cerro Cervantes is mountainous to the east, but to the west, it is also mountainous. The highest area in the region has an elevation of 2,773 meters and is located 10.7 km south of Cerro Cervantes. Fewer than 2 people per square kilometer live around Cerro Cervantes. There are no settlements nearby. Cerro Cervantes is almost entirely covered by ice. The climate is arctic. The average temperature is -9 °C. The warmest month is December, at -5 °C, and the coldest month is July, at -14 °C. In 1898, the mountain was understood by the surveyors of Argentina and Chile as Cerro Stokes. The original Cerro Stokes from Fitz Roy's expedition is the current Cerro Mitre. In the 1998 agreement, another mountain was understood as Stokes.

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