C. SKOTTSBERG 



Fig. 23 Centinela ridge and Pangal, seen from the slope of Salsipuedes above the Cemetery. — 



Photo B. Frodin ^^i 1952. 



Cordon Escarpado (= steep ridge) with its Picacho, 365 m high (fig. 22), sepa- 

 rates Pangal from the next valley. 



Q. del Minero (Miner's v.) comes down to the water rather steeply (figs. 

 22, 24). We did not survey this valley, but to judge from the colours on the 

 Kodachrome film only the higher slopes have nati\'e luma forest, the lower being 

 covered by maqui. There were no plantations here in 1916 — 17. A steep spur 

 separates Q. Minero from 



Q. de la Damajuana (figs. 25, 26). The lower slopes have been cleared, but 

 between 150 and 200 m elevation a dense macal fills the bottom, followed by a 

 mixed luma-maqui forest and finally a belt of native wood. 



La Damajuana (The Demijohn, figs. 25, 26) is a very characteristic landmark. 

 The cone crowns a short, high and narrow spur, continued toward the sea by a 

 long ridge, which is barren on the west side. This ridge can be followed up to 

 the base of the cone, alt. c. 430 m, and from there round the bend into the valley 

 and up to c. 530 m. The gradient is steep, nowhere under 35°. There are ledges 

 of harder rock, on both sides with a small waterfall, the first at 230 m when going 

 up the valley. The sides of the cone are precipitous, the height 2338 ft (739 m) 

 according to the English chart, 712 m on the latest Chilean map, but only 570 m 

 according to Branchi; this figure is too small. As far as I know this mountain has 

 not been ascended. An attempt should be made from the south. 



Valle de Anson drains the loftiest part of Masatierra and is watered by two 



