Cerro Pico Truncado, Granite summit in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina

Cerro Pico Truncado is a hill in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, rising 255 metres above sea level, 28 metres above the surrounding terrain, with a base about 0.21 km wide. It lies in an arid cañadón with oil wealth, 14.4 km west of the town of Pico Truncado. Its summit has a truncated cone shape and reddish soil.

The mountain was identified and named in 1889 by explorer Carlos V. Burmeister during his expedition through the Deseado Valley for the National Museum of Buenos Aires. This early scientific exploration documented the landscape and its geographic features for further research.

The name comes from the truncated-cone shape of its peak, which Carlos V. Burmeister likened to a cut-off pico when he named it Monte Pico Truncado in 1889. The hill stands about 14 km west of the town of Pico Truncado, in an arid cañadón with oil wealth and no water.

The hill lies about 14 km west of Pico Truncado, in Santa Cruz Province; the nearest larger settlement is the town itself, reached by road across open bushland. The area is almost uninhabited, with fewer than two inhabitants per square kilometre, so carry your own water and supplies. The summit rises only about 28 metres above the surrounding terrain, and the base is roughly 210 metres wide.

The reddish colouring appears on the ground at the summit itself, not across the whole hill. The summit stands 255 metres above sea level, 28 metres above the surrounding terrain, and its base is about 210 metres wide. The nearest larger settlement, Pico Truncado, lies 14.4 km to the east.