Cerro Apoquindo, Mountain summit in Las Condes, Chile.
Cerro Apoquindo is a low hill of the Sierra de Ramón rising to 863 meters, located in the Apoquindo sector of Las Condes, Santiago. It is one of Santiago's island hills, bounded by Avenida Vital Apoquindo to the west, Quebrada Honda or Carlos Peña Otaegui and Miravalle to the south, Avenida General Blanche to the north and Colina Vista Hermosa to the east. The hill has been urbanized into a high-income residential neighborhood.
Cerro Apoquindo was long known as Cerro Bajo de Apoquindo before the hill was urbanised into an upscale residential district. Its present limits are Avenida Vital Apoquindo to the west, Quebrada Honda or Carlos Peña Otaegui and Miravalle to the south, Avenida General Blanche to the north and Colina Vista Hermosa to the east. The Estero Los Baños drains between it and the Cerro de los Baños, where the Baños de Apoquindo were known since pre-Hispanic times.
The name derives from Quechua apu K'intu, meaning a bundle of coca leaves, not a sacred mountain. The hill was formerly called Cerro bajo de Apoquindo. The Estero Los Baños drains between it and Cerro de los Baños, where the Baños de Apoquindo stood, known since pre-Hispanic times.
The hill lies within Las Condes, bounded by Avenida Vital Apoquindo to the west, Quebrada Honda or Carlos Peña Otaegui and Miravalle to the south, Avenida General Blanche to the north and Colina Vista Hermosa to the east. It is now a built-up residential area, so access follows these streets rather than open trails.
The Baños de Apoquindo springs lie in the Estero Los Baños ravine, which drains the ground between Cerro Apoquindo and Cerro de los Baños to the south. The baths there were already known in pre-Hispanic times. The hill itself was formerly called Cerro Bajo de Apoquindo.
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