Everything about Mount Darwin Andes totally explained
Mount Darwin, the highest peak in
Tierra del Fuego at 2,488 metres (8,163 ft), forms part of the
Cordillera of the Andes,
South America, just to the north of the
Beagle Channel. It is formed of crystalline
schists and has massive glaciers down its steep southern slopes.
It is best climbed in late December, January, February and March, and was first climbed in
1961 by
Eric Shipton, E. Garcia, F. Vivanco and C. Marangunic.
It was given its name during
the voyage of the Beagle by
HMS Beagle's captain
Robert FitzRoy to celebrate
Charles Darwin's 25th birthday on
12 February 1834. A year earlier Fitzroy had named an expanse of water to the southwest of the mountain the
Darwin Sound to commemorate Darwin's quick wit and courage in saving them from being marooned when waves from a mass of ice splitting off a glacier threatened their boats.
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