Nevado Queva

Nevado Queva or Quewar is a volcano in the Andes mountain range of South America, located in the Salta Province of Argentina. Queva has a summit elevation of 6,140 metres (20,144 ft) above sea level.[1] Its name is alternately spelled Quehuar. There are extensive pre-Columbian ruins on the summit of the mountain, which is a broad crater.[3][4]

Nevado Queva
Quewa or Quevar
Highest point
Elevation6,140 m (20,140 ft)[1]
Prominence1,644 m (5,394 ft)[1][2]
Parent peakNevado de Cachi
ListingUltra
Coordinates24°18′27″S 66°44′00″W[1]
Geography
Nevado Queva is located in Argentina
Nevado Queva
Nevado Queva
Argentina
LocationSalta, Argentina
Parent rangeAndes
Climbing
First ascentpre-Columbian

It is the highest of Nevados de los Pastos Grandes and its territory is within the Argentinean protection area of Provincial Fauna Reserve Los Andes. It is located within the territory of the Argentinean province of Salta. Its slopes are within the administrative boundaries of the Argentinean city of San Antonio de los Cobres.[5]

  • Nevado de Quewar
    Nevado de Quewar
  • Pre-Columbian ruins on the summit of Nevado Queva
    Pre-Columbian ruins on the summit of Nevado Queva

First Ascent

Quewar was climbed by the Incas as evidenced by a platform measuring 80 square metres at the summit; this platform was first documented in the modern era in 1974 by Antonio Beorchia Nigris.[6] The first recorded modern ascent was by Julio Oscar Ramirez (Argentina) on 22 May 1954.[7]

Elevation

Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM yields 6136 metres,[8] ASTER 6105 metres[9] and TanDEM-X 6177 metres.[10] The height of the nearest key col is 4506 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 1644 meters.[11] Quewar is considered a Mountain Range according to the Dominance System [12] and its dominance is 26.73%. Its parent peak is Nevado de Cachi and the Topographic isolation is 77.4 kilometers.[11]

See also

References
  1. "Argentina and Chile North: Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
  2. "Quewar / Quewa / Quevar". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  3. "Nevado Queva". Andes Website. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  4. "A ruína inca no cume do Nevado Quewar". AltaMontanha (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  5. "Capas SIG | Instituto Geográfico Nacional". www.ign.gob.ar. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  6. "Biografía de Antonio Pedro Beorchia Nigris". Centro Cultural Argentino de Montaña. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  7. Milenco Jurcich. Arqueologia de las Cumbres. pp. 28–29.
  8. USGS, EROS Archive. "USGS EROS Archive - Digital Elevation - SRTM Coverage Maps". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  9. "ASTER GDEM Project". ssl.jspacesystems.or.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  10. TanDEM-X, TerraSAR-X. "Copernicus Space Component Data Access". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  11. "Quewar / Quewa / Quevar". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  12. "Dominance - Page 2". www.8000ers.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.


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