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Cerro El Fraile

Elevation
6,061 m
#269
in the world
#23
in Chile
811 m
prominence

Cerro El Fraile is a mountain in Chile and Argentina, rising to 6,061 m, the 23rd highest in Chile, part of the Andes.

Elevation
6,061 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
811 m
Height above its key col
World rank
#269
of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Cerro El Fraile

Cerro El Fraile sits on the border between Chile and Argentina, and is counted in each.

Key facts

Elevation
6,061 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
811 m
Type
Mountain
Range
Region
Atacama
Coordinates
-27.050, -68.383

How it ranks

Among peaks in Chile
#23of 141
LargestSmallest
In the Andes
#27of 268
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#269of 14,627
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

PeakElevationDistance
Cerro de Incahuasi6,621 m8.9 km
Nevado El Muerto6,488 m10 km
Ojos del Salado6,893 m17 km
Cerro de San Francisco6,016 m20 km
’Cerro del Nacimiento6,436 m24 km
Cerro Falso Azufre5,906 m28 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Cerro El Fraile.

CityCountryPopulationDistance
BelénArgentina15,172150 km
CopiapóChile129,280196 km
AimogastaArgentina16,625229 km
Santa MaríaArgentina16,545235 km
CalderaChile16,150242 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.