Andrew C Waddington
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As is now the case in many parts of the world it is becoming increasingly common to refer to landmarks by the name used by the earliest settlers. We have seen this only recently in Australia with Ayers Rock being referred to as Uluru or in the U.S Mt Mckinley's name changed to Denali. Fitz Roy is gradually becoming more widely known as Cerro Chalten. The word 'Chalten' can loosely be translated as 'smoking mountain' which was a term used by the indigenous Ahònikenk. It was long assumed that this mountain was an active volcano.
Another tid bit of information; the sharks tooth shaped peak between Poincenot and Fitz Roy (the one in shadow) is commonly know as Aguja de la Silla, it in fact received a second name when it was christened by the 1952 French Fitz Roy expedition. Half jokingly they called it Pointe du Cinéaste (filmmaker’s point) for its striking appearance and unique location, and because they could foresee that the expedition’s film maker Georges Strouvé would have wished to sit on its very top to make the film of his life.
_ACW7301-Edit
As is now the case in many parts of the world it is becoming increasingly common to refer to landmarks by the name used by the earliest settlers. We have seen this only recently in Australia with Ayers Rock being referred to as Uluru or in the U.S Mt Mckinley's name changed to Denali. Fitz Roy is gradually becoming more widely known as Cerro Chalten. The word 'Chalten' can loosely be translated as 'smoking mountain' which was a term used by the indigenous Ahònikenk. It was long assumed that this mountain was an active volcano.
Another tid bit of information; the sharks tooth shaped peak between Poincenot and Fitz Roy (the one in shadow) is commonly know as Aguja de la Silla, it in fact received a second name when it was christened by the 1952 French Fitz Roy expedition. Half jokingly they called it Pointe du Cinéaste (filmmaker’s point) for its striking appearance and unique location, and because they could foresee that the expedition’s film maker Georges Strouvé would have wished to sit on its very top to make the film of his life.