Cordillera Paine

Cordillera Paine
Cordillera Paine
	Torres del Paine, Chile
Highest point
Peak	Cerro Paine Grande
Elevation	2,884 m (9,462 ft)
Coordinates	50°59′56″S 73°05′43″W / 50.99889°S 73.09528°W
Geography
	NASA image with annotations
Country	Chile
Region	Magallanes y Antártica Chilena
Range coordinates	51°S 73°W / 51°S 73°W
Parent range	Patagonian Andes
Geology
Age of rock	12 Myr
Type of rock	Granite

The Cordillera Paine is a mountain group in Torres del Paine National Park in Chilean Patagonia. The cordillera is located 280 km (170 mi) north of Punta Arenas, and about 1,960 km (1,220 mi) south of the Chilean capital Santiago. It belongs to the Commune of Torres del Paine in Última Esperanza Province of Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region. No accurate surveys have been published, and published elevations have been claimed to be seriously inflated, so most of the elevations given on this page are approximate.^[1] Paine means "blue" in the native Tehuelche (Aonikenk) language and is pronounced PIE-nay.^[2]

^ Biggar, John, 2015. The Andes: A Guide for Climbers (4th edition, ISBN 978-0-9536087-4-4). Several elevations given by this authority are much lower than those given by other authorities, and the higher elevations are not supported by official Chilean IGM maps.
^ Abraham, Rudolf (2011). Torres del Paine: Trekking in Chile's Premier National Park. Milnthorpe: Cicerone Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-84965-356-5. Retrieved 4 August 2015.