Argentina · Andes3,128 m (10,262 ft)Cerro Torre 3D Terrain Map & Relief Model
Interactive digital elevation model (DEM) for Cerro Torre. Tilt, rotate, and inspect high-altitude summit ridges, glacial cirques, and approach routes in high-resolution 3D WebGL cartography.
Traditional base camp sheltered among the lower boulders near Laguna Torre.
High snow ridge camp at the base of the steep Southeast Ridge buttress.
Hanging bolt belay stance where Cesare Maestri tied off his 135-kilogram gas compressor on the headwall.
The wind-carved rime-ice summit mushroom crowning the top of Cerro Torre.
Narrow ice ledge carved beneath sheer granite towers mid-face.
The wind-carved rime-ice summit mushroom crowning Cerro Torre.
Exposed snow and rock ledge on the approach ridge above the icefield.
High glaciated notch separating Cerro Torre from Cerro Adela, staging point for summit push.
Perilous mushroom-capped rime summit overlooking the Patagonian Icefield and Fitz Roy.
Total vertical rise from Noruegos Camp (1,100m) directly to the summit crest.
DMS: 49°17′36″ S, 73°05′52″ W. Verified against alpine geodesy baselines.
The vertical drop to the lowest contour encircling the peak with no higher summit inside it.
Surrounded by lateral moraines, active icefalls, and high glaciated ridges feeding regional river systems.
Topographic Architecture of Cerro Torre
Cerro Torre is a world-famous granite spire rising to 3,128 meters in the Southern Patagonian Icefield on the Argentina-Chile border. Renowned for vertical sheer granite walls topped by monstrous rime-ice mushrooms formed by relentless Pacific winds, it is widely considered one of mountaineering's supreme technical challenges. Following fierce international debate over Cesare Maestri's disputed 1959 climb, Maestri returned in 1970 to drill hundreds of bolts using a gasoline compressor on the Southeast Ridge. In 1979, American pioneers Jim Bridwell and Steve Brewer completed the historic first definitive ascent of the Compressor Route to the summit.