Picacho de la Virgen
| Picacho de la Virgen | |
|---|---|
| Pico Virgen | |
Picacho de la Virgen Location in Chubut Province | |
| Highest point | |
| Coordinates | 43°46′16″S 71°39′32″W / 43.77111°S 71.65889°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Río Engaño Provincial Reserve, Languiñeo Department, Chubut Province, Argentina |
| Parent range | Cordón de las Vírgenes, Andes |
The Picacho de la Virgen[1] or Pico Virgen[2][3] is a mountain located in the Río Engaño Provincial Reserve, Languiñeo Department, Chubut Province, Argentina. Until 1966, it was claimed by Chile as a boundary peak.[4] It is the source of the Encuentro River and part of the Cordón de las Vírgenes.
History
The mountain was part of the Alto Palena–Encuentro River dispute, in which Chile claimed it as a boundary feature because it is the birthplace of the Encuentro River, as described in the works of Hans Steffen. The nearby Cerro de la Virgen is the source of the El Salto or Tigre River. This latter river was mistakenly identified by Argentine engineer Gunnar Anfin Lange as the Encuentro River on his 1901 map, submitted by expert Francisco Pascasio Moreno to the tribunal of the 1902 arbitral award, laying the groundwork for the dispute.[3]
The mountain was named by the Chilean Boundary Commission in 1955; the nearby homonymous hill was named by Lange during the preparation of his map. Prior to this, neither name existed.
References
- ^ Antonio Luis Sapienza Fracchia (25 September 2023). The Beagle Conflict: Argentina and Chile on the Brink of War Volume 1: 1904-1978. Helion and Company. pp. 49–50. ISBN 9781804514979.
- ^ José Miguel Barros (1984). Palena, un rio, un arbitraje. Vol. 2. Santillana del Pacífico. pp. 14, 77, 90.
- ^ a b Manuel Hormazábal González (1965). Palena y California, Tierras Chilenas. Editorial del Pacífico. pp. 244, 251–252.
- ^ Alberto Marín Madrid (1966). Los problemas fronterizos en pocas líneas. Editorial Orbe. pp. 46, 148.