Monte Parofes
{{short description|Mountain in Argentina}}
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{{Infobox mountain
| name= Parofes
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| photo= Monte Parofes.jpg
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| photo_caption= Monte Parofes
| map= Argentina
| map_caption= Argentina
| country= Argentina
| coordinates= {{coord|27|53|13.92|S|068|40|47.28|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| prominence= 580
| elevation_m= 5823
| elevation_ref= .{{Cite web|url=http://www.andes-specialists.com/parofes-5823|title=Parofes|website=Andes Specialists|language=en|access-date=2020-04-12}}
| parent_peak= Pissis
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| parent= Puna de Atacama, Andes
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| first_ascent= 2015 - Maximo Kausch (Argentina) and Pedro Hauck (Brazil)
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Parofes is a mountain in Argentina. It has a height of {{convert|5823|m|ft|0}}. It's located at La Rioja Province, Vinchina department, at the Puna de Atacama. Its name is from the Brazilian mountaineer Paulo Roberto Felipe Schmidt, who died in 2015 due to leukemia.{{Citation|title=Monte Parofes|date=2019-05-07|url=https://pt.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monte_Parofes&oldid=55060320|work=Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre|language=pt|access-date=2020-04-17}} Until 2015 this peak was unclimbed and unnamed. However the mountaineers Maximo Kausch and Pedro Hauck, climbed and named it in 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/radicais/noticia/2015/11/equipe-com-tres-brasileiros-escala-mais-alta-montanha-virgem-dos-andes.html|title=Equipe com três brasileiros escala mais alta montanha virgem dos Andes|last=Janeiro|first=Por GloboEsporte comRio de|website=globoesporte.com|date=17 November 2015 |language=pt-br|access-date=2020-04-17}}
Elevation
Based on the elevation provided by the available Digital elevation models, SRTM filled with ASTER (5823m{{Cite web|url=https://ssl.jspacesystems.or.jp/ersdac/GDEM/E/|title=ASTER GDEM Project|website=ssl.jspacesystems.or.jp|access-date=2020-04-14}}), TanDEM-X(5864m{{cite web|last1=TanDEM-X|first1=TerraSAR-X|title=Copernicus Space Component Data Access|url=https://spacedata.copernicus.eu/web/cscda/missions/tandem-x|accessdate=12 April 2020}}), Parofes seems to be 5823 meters above sea level.{{Cite web|url=http://www.andes-specialists.com/andean-mountains-5000/|title=Andean Mountains - All above 5000m|website=Andes Specialists|language=en|access-date=2020-04-12}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.andes-specialists.com/parofes-5823|title=Parofes|website=Andes Specialists|language=en|access-date=2020-04-12}}
The height of the nearest key col is 5243 meters{{Cite web|url=http://www.andes-specialists.com/andean-mountains-5000/|title=Andean Mountains - All above 5000m|website=Andes Specialists|language=en|access-date=2020-04-12}} so its prominence is 580 meters. Parofes is listed as mountain, based on the Dominance system {{Cite web|url=https://www.8000ers.com/cms/en/dominance-mainmenu-178.html?start=1|title=Dominance - Page 2|website=www.8000ers.com|access-date=2020-04-12}} and its dominance is 9.96%. This information was obtained during a research by Suzanne Imber in 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/press-releases/2016/october/academic-and-adventurer-describes-the-incredible-task-of-climbing-and-cataloguing-one-of-the-most-remote-regions-of-the-south-american-andes-mountains|title=Academic and adventurer describes the incredible task of climbing and cataloguing one of the most remote regions of the South American Andes mountains — University of Leicester|last=ap507|website=www2.le.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2020-04-12}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.andes-specialists.com/parofes-5823 Elevation information about Parofes]
- [https://www.meteoguru.com/en/pro/surface/?latlon=-27.8872,-68.6798 Weather Forecast at Parofes]
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