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Cerro Sosneado

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Last Visit: 22/03/2026

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Cerro Sosneado is the southernmost five-thousand metre peak in the Andes and the globe. Near this peak, on 13 October 1972, the 'famous' plane crash involving the Uruguayan rugby team took place, recounted in the film 'Alive - Survivors'

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Quota: 5189m
Alternative name: -
Mountain group: Andes
 First ascent: 17/02/1935
First ascenders:Eduardo De la Motte, Lowe and Ramsay
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