Huascarán (Spanish pronunciation: [waskaˈɾan]) (Quechua: Waskaran), Nevado Huascarán or Mataraju is a mountain located in Yungay Province, Department of...
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Huascarán National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Huascarán) is a Peruvian national park that comprises most of the mountain range known as Cordillera...
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The 1970 Huascarán Debris Avalanche occurred on May 31, 1970, when a debris avalanche and mudflow triggered by the Ancash earthquake destroyed the Peruvian...
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Department of Ancash (section Huascarán National Park)
as the "Switzerland of Peru". There is the four mile high Huascarán, home to the Huascarán National Park. There is also the Alpamayo peak, considered...
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Earth's centre than the summit of Everest. The second-farthest summit, Huascarán (also in the Andes), is only about 10 metres closer to the Earth's centre...
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Cordillera Blanca (category Huascarán National Park)
Negra Huascarán National Park Cordillera Central (disambiguation) Ancash Region "Peruvian Cordilleras". USGS. Retrieved August 16, 2014. "Huascarán - Servicio...
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inside Huascarán National Park in Ancash, Peru. It is the second-tallest peak of the Cordillera Blanca section of the Andes, after Huascarán. These two...
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Alpamayo in Huascarán National Park, Peru...
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Earth's centre, although the southern summit of Peru's tallest mountain, Huascarán, is another contender. Both have elevations above sea level more than...
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reported to be the farthest point on the surface from Earth's center, with Huascarán a very close second. The summit of Chimborazo is the fixed point on Earth...
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plateau as well as the highest peak of the country, the 6,768 m (22,205 ft) Huascarán. The third region is the selva (jungle), a wide expanse of flat terrain...
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summit of Ojos del Salado is the highest point of Chile. The summit of Huascarán is the highest point of Peru and the Tropics. The summit of Nevado Sajama...
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mountain, Nevado Huascarán, to collapse and an unstable mass of glacial ice about 800 meters across at the top of Nevado Huascarán to fall. This caused...
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topographical and geographical contexts. La sierra from the Altiplano to Huascarán, for instance, is more commonly connected to language families in both...
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Earth's centre, although the southern summit of Peru's tallest mountain, Huascarán, is another contender. Both have elevations above sea level more than...
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Antarctica (EF) Denali, Alaska, United States (EF) Dome Fuji, Antarctica (EF) Huascarán, Peru (EF) Ismoil Somoni Peak, Tajikistan (EF) Jengish Chokusu, China/Kyrgyzstan...
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triggered by the 1718 Tongwei–Gansu earthquake. China 1718 3. 22,000 1970 Huascarán avalanche; triggered by the 1970 Ancash earthquake Peru 1970 4. 10,000–30...
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(19,101 ft) El Toro, 5,830 m (19,127 ft) Huandoy, 6,395 m (20,981 ft) Huascarán, 6,768 m (22,205 ft) Jirishanca, 6,094 m (19,993 ft) Pumasillo, 5,991 m...
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Cordillera Blanca, mainly Mount Huascarán, which is considered the tallest mountain in tropics, all of them located in Huascarán National Park which UNESCO...
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Lake 69 (category Huascarán National Park)
Áncash, Peru. It is one of the more than 400 lakes that form part of the Huascarán National Park, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site. In...
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the second-worst avalanche-related disaster recorded, after the 1970 Huascarán avalanche. List of deadliest avalanches Rigopiano avalanche White War...
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World Heritage Centre. "Huascarán National Park - UNESCO World Heritage Centre". Whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2018-08-26. "Huascarán National Park". UNESCO...
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Mountain Elevation (metres) Region Mountain range Huascarán S 6,768 Ancash Cordillera Blanca Huascarán N 6,655 Ancash Cordillera Blanca Yerupajá 6,617 Ancash...
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November 1987 Parraguirre landslide (est. ratio 2.5) and the May 1970 Huascarán landslide (est. ratio 4). This additional volume would explain the large...
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Age". Discover. September 2002. (discussion of Woods Hole research) "Huascaran (Peru) Ice Core Data". NOAA/NGDC Paleoclimatology Program. 1995. Dansgaard...
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mountain, Nevado Huascarán, to collapse and an unstable mass of glacial ice about 800 meters across at the top of Nevado Huascarán to fall. This caused...
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North Island, New Zealand Mount Cereme Indonesia 3,078 2,792 286 Semeru Huascarán Peru 6,746 2,776 3,970 Ojos del Salado Mount Arfak Indonesia 2,955 2...
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Huanca in the Uquián ravag, on the way from Olleros to Chavín de Huántar, in the Huascarán National Park in Peru....
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The records were extracted from the summits of Nevado Sajama, Nevado Huascarán and Nevado Illimani. The detected cycles were at 6400 years Before Present...
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of Huascarán in the Peruvian Andes, alongside Blanka Nedvědická, Ewa Szoresniak, Ewa Pankiewicz, and Amalia Kaploniak. She returned to Huascarán in 1998...
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