Mount Tarn is a small mountain located on the southernmost part of the Strait of Magellan, in Brunswick Peninsula, about 70 km south of Punta Arenas, Chile. It is in the southern extreme of continental Chile very close to Cape Froward, surrounded by historic places such as Fuerte Bulnes and Puerto del Hambre (Port Famine).
From the summit it is possible to see the Strait of Magellan, Dawson Island and Tierra del Fuego islands, and many other smaller ones; the Darwin Mountain Range, Mount Sarmiento, and most of the Brunswick Peninsula.
Toponymy
According to historian
Mateo Martinic in his book
Cartografía Magallánica 1523-1945, the mount was named after the British
surgeon, John Tarn, who first ascended the mountain in February 1827 while traveling with
Robert FitzRoy on HMS
Adventure and later ascended it while traveling with Phillip Parker King in
HMS Beagle), during their surveying voyage from 1826 to 1830.
Tarn participated in a hydrographic survey conducted in the area, through the collection and classification of flora and fauna species.
Darwin's ascent
On 6 February 1834 a group from the second
Beagle survey expedition, including
Charles Darwin, ascended Mount Tarn by forcing their way up through dense woodland to the bare ridge which took them to the summit.
He recounted the story in his
Journal and Remarks.
In his ascent the young naturalist found the first
ammonites ever known in South America.
See also
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Instituto Geográfico Militar Chart, Chile: Rinconada Bulnes, scale 1:100000, Section L, 1987.
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Biogeografía del monte Tarn, Magallanes, Chile. Trabajo final de carrera, ETSIAM, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Escuela técnica superior de ingenieros agrónomos. Ingeniería de Montes, especialidad Ingeniería del Medio Natural. Universidad de Magallanes. Facultad de Ciencias. Sergio Navarro Cano y Javier González. 2006
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Cartografía Magallánica 1523-1945, Mateo Martinic, 1999, Punta Arenas, Chile. .
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