{{short description|Mountain in Argentina}} {{Orphan|date=January 2022}}
{{DISPLAYTITLE:Monte Parofes}} {{Infobox mountain | name= Parofes | other_name= | image= Monte Parofes.jpg | native_name= | native_name_lang= | image_alt= | image_caption= Monte Parofes | map= Argentina | map_caption= Argentina | country= Argentina | coordinates= {{coord|27|53|13.92|S|068|40|47.28|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | prominence= 580 | elevation_m= 5823 | elevation_ref= .<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.andes-specialists.com/parofes-5823|title=Parofes|website=Andes Specialists|language=en|access-date=2020-04-12}}</ref> | parent_peak= Pissis | listing= | translation= | language = | pronunciation= | parent= Puna de Atacama, Andes | range_coordinates= | mountain_type= | age= | first_ascent= 2015 - Maximo Kausch (Argentina) and Pedro Hauck (Brazil) }} '''Parofes''' is a mountain in Argentina. It has a height of {{convert|5823|m|ft|0}}. It's located at La Rioja Province, Vinchina department, at the Puna de Atacama. Its name is from the Brazilian mountaineer '''Paulo Roberto Felipe Schmidt''', who died in 2015 due to leukemia.<ref>{{Citation|title=Monte Parofes|date=2019-05-07|url=https://pt.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monte_Parofes&oldid=55060320|work=Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre|language=pt|access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref> Until 2015 this peak was unclimbed and unnamed. However the mountaineers Maximo Kausch and Pedro Hauck, climbed and named it in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/radicais/noticia/2015/11/equipe-com-tres-brasileiros-escala-mais-alta-montanha-virgem-dos-andes.html|title=Equipe com três brasileiros escala mais alta montanha virgem dos Andes|last=Janeiro|first=Por GloboEsporte comRio de|website=globoesporte.com|date=17 November 2015 |language=pt-br|access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>
==Elevation==
Based on the elevation provided by the available Digital elevation models, SRTM filled with ASTER (5823m<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ssl.jspacesystems.or.jp/ersdac/GDEM/E/|title=ASTER GDEM Project|website=ssl.jspacesystems.or.jp|access-date=2020-04-14}}</ref>), TanDEM-X(5864m<ref>{{cite web|last1=TanDEM-X|first1=TerraSAR-X|title=Copernicus Space Component Data Access|url=https://spacedata.copernicus.eu/web/cscda/missions/tandem-x|accessdate=12 April 2020}}</ref>), Parofes seems to be 5823 meters above sea level.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.andes-specialists.com/andean-mountains-5000/|title=Andean Mountains - All above 5000m|website=Andes Specialists|language=en|access-date=2020-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.andes-specialists.com/parofes-5823|title=Parofes|website=Andes Specialists|language=en|access-date=2020-04-12}}</ref>
The height of the nearest key col is 5243 meters<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.andes-specialists.com/andean-mountains-5000/|title=Andean Mountains - All above 5000m|website=Andes Specialists|language=en|access-date=2020-04-12}}</ref> so its prominence is 580 meters. Parofes is listed as mountain, based on the Dominance system <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.8000ers.com/cms/en/dominance-mainmenu-178.html?start=1|title=Dominance - Page 2|website=www.8000ers.com|access-date=2020-04-12}}</ref> and its dominance is 9.96%. This information was obtained during a research by Suzanne Imber in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/press-releases/2016/october/academic-and-adventurer-describes-the-incredible-task-of-climbing-and-cataloguing-one-of-the-most-remote-regions-of-the-south-american-andes-mountains|title=Academic and adventurer describes the incredible task of climbing and cataloguing one of the most remote regions of the South American Andes mountains — University of Leicester|last=ap507|website=www2.le.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2020-04-12}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.andes-specialists.com/parofes-5823 Elevation information about Parofes] *[https://www.meteoguru.com/en/pro/surface/?latlon=-27.8872,-68.6798 Weather Forecast at Parofes]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Monte_Parofes}} Category:Mountains of La Rioja Province, Argentina Category:Five-thousanders of the Andes