{{short description|Mountain in Argentina}} {{Inline citations|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Cerro Tres Picos | image = Cerro Tres Picos, Saldungaray.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = View of Cerro Tres Picos from Saldungaray. | map = Argentina | map_size = 175 | location = Argentina | coordinates = {{coord|38|9|29|S|61|57|6|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | elevation_m = 1239 | elevation_ref = <ref name="peakbagger">{{cite peakbagger | kid = 8800 | title = Cerro Tres Picos, Argentina | accessdate = 2016-05-19 }}</ref> | prominence_m = 1076 | prominence_ref = <ref>{{cite book |title=The Relative Mountains of Earth |date=2024}}</ref> | listing = Ribu | isolation_km = 637.54 | isolation_ref = <ref name="peakbagger"/> | translation = Three Peaks Hill | language = Spanish | pronunciation = | range = Sierra de la Ventana }}
'''Cerro Tres Picos''' is the highest point of the Sierra de la Ventana mountain range in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. As such, it is also the highest point in Buenos Aires province, as well as in the pampas region.
==Geography==
===Location=== The mountain is 650 km southwest of the city of Buenos Aires; the closest settlement is Villa Ventana in the Tornquist Partido.
It is located on private property owned by the Fundación Funke (''Funke Foundation''), a charitable organization that maintains the land donated by German immigrant Rodolfo Funke after his death in 1938.
===Climate=== The mountain has a dry climate. Summers are warm, with temperatures above 30 °C during the day. Winters have an average high of 8 °C and are somewhat rainier, with nights frequently below freezing. Snowfalls can occur sometimes.
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|Jan high C = 25 |Feb high C = 23 |Mar high C = 20 |Apr high C = 15 |May high C = 10 |Jun high C = 8 |Jul high C = 7 |Aug high C = 9 |Sep high C = 11 |Oct high C = 15 |Nov high C = 19 |Dec high C = 23
|Jan low C = 9 |Feb low C = 8 |Mar low C = 7 |Apr low C = 3 |May low C = 0 |Jun low C = -2 |Jul low C = -3 |Aug low C = -2 |Sep low C = -1 |Oct low C = 2 |Nov low C = 4 |Dec low C = 7
|precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 60 |Feb precipitation mm = 63 |Mar precipitation mm = 65 |Apr precipitation mm = 44 |May precipitation mm = 32 |Jun precipitation mm = 18 |Jul precipitation mm = 27 |Aug precipitation mm = 32 |Sep precipitation mm = 45 |Oct precipitation mm = 68 |Nov precipitation mm = 68 |Dec precipitation mm = 60
|source 1 = MeteoBlue <ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.meteoblue.com/pt/tempo/historyclimate/climatemodelled/cerro-tres-picos_argentina_3833744 |title = Clima Cerro Tres Picos |accessdate = 13 April 2020}}</ref> |date = 2020}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.fundacionfunke.org.ar/ Fundación Funke]
Category:Tornquist Partido Category:Mountains of Argentina Category:Landforms of Buenos Aires Province
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