Peak Pantojo, Volcanic mountain in Los Lagos Region, Chile

Cerro Pantojo is an extinct basaltic stratovolcano on the Argentina–Chile border, immediately south of Cardenal Antonio Samoré Pass. Its summit is an eroded volcanic plug, giving the mountain a spire shape, and lava flows run down its flanks.

Cerro Pantojo is an extinct basaltic stratovolcano whose spire-shaped summit is an eroded volcanic plug, with flank lava flows on its slopes. It lies on the Argentina-Chile border, immediately south of the Cardenal Antonio Samoré Pass. Its first recorded ascent was made by Hans Nobel, engineer Barbieri and J. Diem between 7 and 9 February 1940. A military party from the Escuela Militar de Montaña reached the top on 16 January 1979 at noon, leaving a summit record in a metal can.

The name Pantojo derives, according to G. Claussen, from a variant of "Espantoso" (frightful), the term a traveller used for the mountain's forbidding look. The first ascent was made by Hans Nobel, the engineer Barbieri and J. Diem between 7 and 9 February 1940.

The first ascent, by Hans Nobel, engineer Barbieri and J. Diem, ran from 7 to 9 February 1940. A military team from the Escuela Militar de Montaña climbed again on 16 January 1979, leaving a record in a metal can. Approach from the Cardenal Samoré pass road; a viewpoint on Ruta Nacional 231 gives a view of the peak.

The first recorded ascent was made by Hans Nobel, engineer Barbieri and J. Diem between 7 and 9 February 1940. A military team from the Escuela Militar de Montaña climbed it on 16 January 1979 and left a summit record in a metal can, later retrieved by another party from the same school.