Cerro Otto

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| name = Cerro Otto

| photo = File:Cerro Otto - Bariloche.jpg

| photo_caption = View of Cerro Otto mountain from Melipal, Argentina

| elevation_m = 1405

| elevation_ref = [https://peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=47362 "Cerro Otto, Argentina"]. Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2023-02-15.

| prominence_m = 469

| prominence_ref = [https://peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=47362 "Cerro Otto, Argentina"]. Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2023-02-15.

| translation = Otto's Hill

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| location = San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina

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Cerro Otto is a mountain located {{convert|5|km|mi}} from San Carlos de Bariloche, and inside the Nahuel Huapí National Park, in Patagonia, Argentina.

Etymology

It took its name from German pioneer Otto Goedecke, who arrived to Bariloche in 1892 and dwelled nearby.[https://www.elcordillerano.com.ar/noticias/2021/03/13/105100-otto-goedecke-murio-asesinado-y-no-tenia-familiares "Otto Goedecke murió asesinado y no tenía familiares. Diario El Cordillerano (Spanish)"]

History

The summit is {{cvt|1405|m|ft}} and there is a cable car which takes twelve minutes to reach the top. The mountain is {{cvt|5|km|mi}} west of Bariloche. There is a gravel road which allows people to bike, hike or drive the {{cvt|8|km|mi}} to the top. There is a restaurant that revolves on the summit.{{cite book |last1=Barnes |first1=Amanda |last2=Brown |first2=Cathy |last3=Martinez-Carter |first3=Karina |last4=Patience |first4=Victoria |last5=Moseley-Williams |first5=Sorrel |title=Fodor's Argentina : with wine country and Chilean Patagonia |date=2012 |publisher=Fodor's Travel Pub |location=New York |isbn=9780307929181 |page=315 |edition=7th |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wD8GIIw9WTwC&dq=cerro+otto&pg=PA315 |access-date=16 February 2023}} The revolving restaurant is the Giratoria confectionery, and there is also a "Refugio del cerro Otto" grill which makes bondiola sandwiches. There is a zip line which is {{cvt|7|m|ft}} above the terrain and a climbing wall.{{cite news |title=Cerro Otto becomes a park for summer activities in Bariloche |url=https://www.rionegro.com.ar/voy-turismo/el-cerro-otto-se-convierte-en-un-parque-de-actividades-de-verano-en-bariloche-2688365/ |access-date=16 February 2023 |publisher=Rio Negro |date=10 January 2023}}

Description

Due to its prominence, Cerro Otto is notably a visual reference while navigating the city as it stands in between the neighbourhoods of San Joaquin, Los Cipresales, Las Vertientes, Los Maitenes, Melipal, El Faldeo, Parque Cerro Otto, Virgen Misionera, Peumayen (colloquially known as "the kilometers") from the North and El Frutillar, 645 Viviendas, Lomas del Cauquen, and Arelauquen Country Club from the South.{{cn|date=February 2023}}

On top of the mountain a rotating cafeteria owned by the Sara María Furman Foundation is most prominent, constituting a notable lookout overlooking the city, Nahuel Huapi and Gutiérrez lakes, and the Andes.{{cn|date=February 2023}}