Cerro Bertrand

Cerro Bertrand
Cerro Bertrand Argentina and Chile
Highest point
Elevation	2,647 m (8,684 ft)
Coordinates	50°0′50″S73°26′38″W / 50.01389°S 73.44389°W / -50.01389; -73.44389
Geography
Location	Argentina and Chile
Parent range	Andes

Cerro Bertrand, ^[1] Cerro Oasis ^{[2] [3]} or Agassiz Sur is a mountain in the mountain range of the Andes, located in the border between Argentina and Chile, in the region of Patagonia. ^{[4] [5]}

According to the study by glaciologist Cedomir Marangunic, the original location of Cerro Bertrand is that of Oasis/Agassiz Sur. Bertrand has been confused with Cerro Agassiz by Alberto María de Agostini and with Cerro Roma in the 1998 agreement. ^[1]

The mountain is named after the Chilean geographer, Alejandro Bertrand.

References

1. Ipinza Mayor, Juan Ignacio [in Spanish]; Marangunic Damanovic, Cedomir [in Spanish]; Murialdo Laport, Helios (2025). El límite internacional en Campo de Hielo Patagónico Sur (in Spanish). pp. 76, 78. ISBN   978-956-4238-97-5. El cerro que Francisco P. Moreno denominó como Monte Agassiz –en honor al científico suizo Louis Agassiz–, y cuya fotografía (Fig. 9.12A) aparece en la Exposición Argentina (pág. 942 de la versión en inglés, atribuyéndole la cota de 3250 m) presentada al arbitraje de S.M.B., se ubica en las coordenadas 49º57'38" S y 73º27'16" W con cota de 3185 metros y es el extremo oriental de un breve cordón montañoso de cumbres nevadas. Fue De Agostini12, quien en su intento de travesía del Campo de Hielo Patagónico Sur, bautizó a este pequeño cordón montañoso como "Cordón Roma" y a su cumbre más elevada como Monte Roma (Figs. 9.12B, 9.13 y 9.14). Además, nombró como Cerro Bertrand a una cumbre ubicada aproximadamente 6 kilómetros al sur del Monte Agassiz; a este Bertrand se le conoce actualmente como Agassiz Sur (en las coordenada 50º00'48"S y 73º26'39"W, y cuya cima alcanza la cota de 2835 metros). En definitiva, el cerro al que se hace referencia en la Exposición Argentina, y que constituye el hito limítrofe, es el Agassiz original de F. P. Moreno.[The hill that Francisco P. Moreno named Monte Agassiz—in honor of Swiss scientist Louis Agassiz—and whose photograph (Fig. 9.12A) appears in the Argentine Exhibition (page 942 of the English version, attributing an elevation of 3250 m) presented to the arbitration of S.M.B., is located at coordinates 49º57'38“ S and 73º27'16” W with an elevation of 3185 meters and is the eastern end of a short mountain range with snow-capped peaks. It was De Agostini, in his attempt to cross the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, who named this small mountain range “Cordón Roma” and its highest peak Monte Roma (Figs. 9.12B, 9.13, and 9.14). He also named a peak located approximately 6 kilometers south of Mount Agassiz Cerro Bertrand; this Bertrand is now known as Agassiz Sur (at coordinates 50º00'48“S and 73º26'39”W, with a summit elevation of 2835 meters). In short, the hill referred to in the Argentine Exhibition, which constitutes the boundary landmark, is the original Agassiz of F. P. Moreno.]
2. Louis Lliboutry (1956). "Nieves y glaciares de Chile: fundamentos de glaciología" (PDF) (in Spanish). Universidad de Chile. p. 395. Retrieved 13 November 2024. [South of the Altiplano Italia rises Cerro Roma, 3270 m, entirely englaciated. This summit is erroneously called Cerro Bertrand in the Preliminary Chart. According to De Agostini, the name Cerro Bertrand corresponds to the so-called "Cerro Agassiz 3170" in the Preliminary Chart, and Cerro Agassiz to the point called "Cerro Agusis" in the North American Preliminary Chart, and "Oasis" (!) in the Chilean Preliminary Chart. (This refers to the great Swiss glaciologist, Louis Agassiz).]
3. Daniel Álvarez Soza (2021). "CAMPOS DE HIELO SUR. UNA CONTROVERSIA PENDIENTE DE LÍMITES ENTRE ARGENTINA Y CHILE". Universidad de La Serena. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
4. "Cerro Agassiz Sur, Chile/Argentina". Peakbagger.
5. "Cerro Agassiz - Chile • peakery". Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2017-04-13.