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Monte Buckland

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Location
  
Chile

First ascent
  
1966

Mountain range
  
Andes

Elevation
  
1,746 m

First ascender
  
Carlo Mauri

Parent range
  
Andes

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Monte Buckland is a prominent peak in Alberto de Agostini National Park, in the Chilean portion of Tierra del Fuego. It towers over a narrow peninsula between Agostini Fjord and Fitton bay, which is an eastward projection of the Gabriel Channel, which separates Dawson Island from Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. The mounts Sella, Aosta and Giordano are located to the southeast of Mt Buckland and have distinctive shapes.

Map of Monte Buckland, Timaukel, Magallanes y la Ant%C3%A1rtica Chilena Region, Chile

Phillip Parker King's description of the mountain:

Close to the east end of the Gabriel Channel is Mount Buckland, a tall obelisk-like hill, terminating in a sharp needlepoint, and lifting its head above a chaotic mass of 'reliquiæ diluvianæ,' covered with perpetual snow, by the melting of which an enormous glacier on the leeward, or north-eastern side, has been gradually formed.

Monte Buckland was climbed in 2012 by a German expedition after several decades since its first ascent.

References

Monte Buckland Wikipedia