The Cordillera Blanca (Spanish for "white range") is a mountain range in Peru that is part of the larger Andes range and extends for 200 kilometres (124 mi)...
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Department of Ancash (section Cordillera Blanca)
side, the Cordillera Negra (Spanish for "black mountain range"), which has peaks without glaciers, and on the eastern side, the Cordillera Blanca ("white...
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The Cordillera Blanca Batholith (Spanish: Batolito de la Cordillera Blanca) is an extensive group of individual plutons that crop out near or at Cordillera...
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range Cordillera del Cóndor Cordillera Apolobamba Cordillera Blanca Cordillera Carabaya Cordillera Central (Peru) Cordillera de Rentema Cordillera Huayhuash...
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American Cordillera), comprising the mountain ranges of western South America Cordillera Blanca, in Peru Cordillera de Mérida, in Venezuela Cordillera Central...
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Yungay Province, Department of Ancash, Peru. It is situated in the Cordillera Blanca range of the western Andes. The southern summit of Huascarán (Huascarán...
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national park that comprises most of the mountain range known as Cordillera Blanca (the world's highest tropical mountain range) which is part of the...
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is a pyramidal mountain peak located near the city of Caraz in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range in the Peruvian Andes. It is located at the Peruvian...
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valley bounded on the east by the Cordillera Blanca (permanent white snowcaps and glaciers) and on the west by the Cordillera Negra (no permanent snowcapped...
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The Cordillera Blanca Fault Zone (Spanish: Falla Cordillera Blanca) is a system of geological faults located next to Cordillera Blanca in the northern...
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Huaylas Quechua Chawpi "center" kallki "ravine") is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca area in the Andes of Peru. With a summit elevation of 6,354 metres...
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Andes (redirect from Cordillera de los Andes)
(/ˈændiːz/ AN-deez), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (Spanish: Cordillera de los Andes; Quechua: Anti) are the longest continental mountain range...
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Simpson in his book Touching the Void. Compared to the neighboring Cordillera Blanca, Huayhuash possesses narrower valleys and higher mountain passes....
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mountain covered in snow) is one of the most conspicuous peaks in the Cordillera Blanca of the Peruvian Andes. Alpamayo Creek originates northwest of it....
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first ascent (solo), Cordillera Blanca, Peru. 1977 – Pucaranra (6147m) by the northwest ridge, first ascent (solo), Cordillera Blanca, Peru. 1977 – Palcaraju...
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del Rio Guape Colombia 4,180 1,835 2345 8 Cordillera los Pichacos Colombia 3,630 1,704 1926 9 Cordillera de los Cobardes Colombia 3,420 1,658 1762...
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list summarizes notable first ascents of mountains and peaks in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Ancash, Peru, in chronological order. Mountains portal...
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1970 Huascarán debris avalanche (category Deaths in the Cordillera Blanca)
has been called "one of the most unstable ice-covered areas in the Cordillera Blanca". Among the many glaciers and permanent icefields on Huascarán is...
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Andes of Peru. It is located in Ancash Region and is part of the Cordillera Blanca mountain range, a sub-range of the Andes. It has four peaks, with...
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National Park in Ancash, Peru. It is the second-tallest peak of the Cordillera Blanca section of the Andes, after Huascarán. These two peaks are rather...
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Tuco may refer to: Tuco (mountain), a summit in the mountain range Cordillera Blanca, Peru El Tuco, Mauricio Alfaro (born 1956), Salvadoran footballer...
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meaning "snow covered mountain", is a mountain peak located in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range in the Peruvian Andes. It is located in the Ishinca...
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Andes have formed a number of proglacial lakes, especially in the Cordillera Blanca of Peru, where 70% of all tropical glaciers are. Several such lakes...
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Pico de Huaylas (Spanish for "peak of Huaylas") is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru; within Santa Cruz District, Huaylas Province...
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Pisco is a mountain in Peru, located in the Cordillera Blanca about 60 km north of Huaraz. It was first climbed on July 12, 1951, by C. Kogan, G. Kogan...
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mountain with snow, "snow-covered trap mountain") is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 6,034 m (19,797 ft) high. It is situated...
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black, phaqcha waterfall, "black waterfall") is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 5,460 metres (17,913 ft) high. It is situated...
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their flow is scarce. The Santa River separates the Cordillera Negra from the Cordillera Blanca, a snow-covered range rising up to 6,768 m in the east...
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Cordillera Central mountain ranges in the Andes Mountains of South America: Cordillera Blanca or Cordillera Central in the Ancash Region Cordillera Central...
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of Peru. It is located in the region of Ancash and is part of the Cordillera Blanca mountain range, a sub-range of the Andes. It has an elevation of 5...
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