Mount Tarn
{{short description|Mountain in Chile}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Monte Tarn
| other_name = Cerro Tarn
| photo = Mount_Tarn_Winter.jpg
| photo_caption = Snowy ascent
| elevation_m = 825
| elevation_ref =
| location = 70 km south of Punta Arenas, Chile
| range = Andes
| coordinates = {{coord|53|47|07|S|71|01|25|W|type:mountain_region:CL-S|display=inline,title}}
| first_ascent = February 1827 by John Tarn
| map = Chile
| map_caption = Location in Chile
{{location mark|float=center
|image=SRTM-W74.50E68.33S54.00N53.00.PuntaArenas.png
| label = Cerro Tarn
| x% = 56.9
| y% = 73.3
}} Mount Tarn on the topographic map of the region
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Mount Tarn is a small mountain located on the southernmost part of the Strait of Magellan, in Brunswick Peninsula, about 70 km south of Punta Arenas, Chile. It is in the southern extreme of continental Chile very close to Cape Froward, surrounded by historic places such as Fort Bulnes and Puerto del Hambre (Port Famine).
From the summit it is possible to see the Strait of Magellan, Dawson and Tierra del Fuego islands, and many other smaller ones; the Darwin Mountain Range, Mount Sarmiento, and most of the Brunswick Peninsula.
Toponymy
According to historian Mateo Martinic Beros in his book Cartografía Magallánica 1523-1945, the mount was named after the British surgeon, John Tarn, who first ascended the mountain in February 1827 while traveling with Robert FitzRoy on HMS Adventure and later ascended it while traveling with Phillip Parker King in HMS Beagle), during their surveying voyage from 1826 to 1830.
Tarn participated in a hydrographic survey conducted in the area, through the collection and classification of flora and fauna species.
Darwin's ascent
On 6 February 1834 a group from the second Beagle survey expedition, including Charles Darwin, ascended Mount Tarn by forcing their way up through dense woodland to the bare ridge which took them to the summit.{{harvnb|Darwin|2006|pp=[http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=EHBeagleDiary&viewtype=text&pageseq=421 420–421]}} He recounted the story in his Journal and Remarks.{{harvnb|Darwin|1839|pp=[http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=text&itemID=F10.3&pageseq=284 265–266]}} In his ascent the young naturalist found the first ammonites ever known in South America.
See also
References
{{reflist}}
- [http://www.igm.cl Instituto Geográfico Militar] Chart, Chile: Rinconada Bulnes, scale 1:100000, Section L, 1987.
- {{Citation
| last= Darwin
| first= Charles
| author-link=Charles Darwin
| year= 1839
| title=Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Journal and remarks. 1832-1836.
| place=
| publication-place= London
| publisher=Henry Colburn
| volume=III
| url=http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F10.3&viewtype=text&pageseq=1
| accessdate =2009-02-25 }}
- {{Citation
| last= Darwin
| first= Charles
| year= 2006
| title=Darwin's Beagle diary (1831-1836)
| publication-place= Cambridge
| publisher=Darwin Online
| chapter=EHBeagleDiary (English Heritage 88202366)
| url=http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F10.3&viewtype=text&pageseq=1
| accessdate =2009-02-25 }}
- {{Citation
| last= King
| first= P. P.
| author-link=Phillip Parker King
| year= 1839
| editor-last= FitzRoy
| editor-first= Robert
| editor-link=Robert FitzRoy
| title=Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Proceedings of the first expedition, 1826-30, under the command of Captain P. Parker King, R.N., F.R.S.
| place=
| publication-place= London
| publisher=Henry Colburn
| volume=I
| url= http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F10.1&viewtype=text&pageseq=1
| accessdate =2009-01-27 }}
- Biogeografía del monte Tarn, Magallanes, Chile. Trabajo final de carrera, ETSIAM, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Escuela técnica superior de ingenieros agrónomos. Ingeniería de Montes, especialidad Ingeniería del Medio Natural. Universidad de Magallanes. Facultad de Ciencias. Sergio Navarro Cano y Javier González. 2006
- [http://www.umag.cl/biblioteca/publicaciones/cartografia_magallanica.htm Cartografía Magallánica 1523-1945], Mateo Martinic Beroš, 1999, Punta Arenas, Chile. {{ISBN|956-7189-07-2}}.
External links
- [http://www.andeshandbook.cl/cerro.asp?codigo=300 Mount Tarn Description & Route in AndesHandbook] (in Spanish)
- [http://aventura-terreno.blogspot.com/2006/11/monte-tarn_23.html Tarn ascent in blogger.com] (in Spanish)
Photo gallery
Image:Mount_Tarn_Spring.jpg
Image:Mount_Tarn_Summit.jpg
Image:Mount_Tarn_Summit_View.jpg