Cerro Tenerife (Chile)

Cerro Tenerife is a mountain located next to the small town of Puerto Natales and Torres del Paine National Park in Chilean Patagonia.

Cerro Tenerife
Highest point
Elevation1,650 m (5,410 ft)
Coordinates51°23′S 72°57′W
Geography
LocationÚltima Esperanza Province, Chile

It measures 1,650 meters and takes its name from the island of Tenerife in Spain[1] because the Spanish settler who settled in the place, called Ernesto Casasola was from the island of Tenerife and the hill resembled the volcano Teide located in that Spanish island.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Tenerife: desde las antípodas hasta la Luna | Diario de Avisos" (in Spanish). diariodeavisos.com. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  2. "Tenerife está en la Patagonia" (in Spanish). canariascnnews.com. Archived from the original on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
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