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Cerro Bertrand

mountain in Chile & Argentina

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ5762822
Source-derived summary

Cerro Bertrand, Cerro Oasis or Agassiz Sur is a mountain in the mountain range of the Andes, located in the border between Argentina and Chile, in the region of Patagonia.

According to the study by glaciologist Cedomir Marangunic, the original location of Cerro Bertrand is that of Oasis/Agassiz Sur. Bertrand has been confused with Cerro Agassiz by Alberto María de Agostini and with Cerro Roma in the 1998 agreement.

The mountain is named after the Chilean geographer, Alejandro Bertrand.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Cerro Bertrand” as mountain in Chile & Argentina. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1998—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Cerro, Bertrand and mountain can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as mountain in Chile & Argentina. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5762822. Authority coordinates are -50.014, -73.444. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1998.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Cerro Bertrand”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Cerro Bertrand primary sources, Cerro Bertrand archive and Cerro research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Cerro Bertrand”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from Cerro Bertrand” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.