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 center than the summit of Everest. The second-farthest summit, Huascarán, also in the Andes, is only about 10 metres closer to the Earth's center...
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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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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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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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reported to be the farthest point on the surface from Earth's center, with Huascarán in Peru a very close second. The summit of Chimborazo is the fixed point...
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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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Alpamayo in Huascarán National Park, Peru...
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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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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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(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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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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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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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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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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the second-worst avalanche-related disaster recorded, after the 1970 Huascarán avalanche. List of deadliest avalanches Rigopiano avalanche White War...
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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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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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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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Andes Bolivian tropical Andean foothills, Coroico Highest point Peak Huascarán Elevation 6,768 m (22,205 ft) Dimensions Length 3,300 km (2,100 mi) Geography...
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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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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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and leave me as lord." Wikimedia Commons has media related to Huascar. Huascarán, highest peak in Peru and named for Huáscar "Huáscar". Webster's New World...
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near Huascarán, the highest mountain in Peru. It was hit by massive avalanches of snow, rocks and mud, originating on the slopes of Huascarán and triggered...
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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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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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