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    Huascarán (Spanish pronunciation: [waskaˈɾan]) (Quechua: Waskaran), Nevado Huascarán or Mataraju is a mountain located in Yungay Province, Department of...
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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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    of a 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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    of a 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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    096 ft 1858 m 6,096 ft 2,245 km 1,395 mi Tabwemasana (Vanuatu) 25 Nevado Huascarán South America  Peru 6746 m 22,133 ft 2776 m 9,108 ft 2,196 km 1,365 mi...
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    the Earth's surface varies by around 0.7%, from 9.7639 m/s2 on the Nevado Huascarán mountain in Peru to 9.8337 m/s2 at the surface of the Arctic Ocean...
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    after the great 1575 earthquake. 10 Jan 1962 Ranrahirca, Peru 1962 Nevado Huascarán debris avalanche −9.12 −77.6 13 MCM 4,000 – 5,000 An avalanche of ice...
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    Huantsán (redirect from Nevado Huantsan)
    Oeste (6.270m) and Huantsán Sur (5.913m). Huantsán is protected inside Huascarán National Park. Huantsán is one of the less climbed of all 6000m peaks...
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  • Andes. The records were extracted from the summits of Nevado Sajama, Nevado Huascarán and Nevado Illimani. The detected cycles were at 6400 years Before...
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    traveller Annie Smith Peck American 1850 1935 First person to climb Mount Nevado Huascarán in the Andes Stephanie Solomonides Cypriot 1982 First Cypriot person...
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    Copa (mountain) (redirect from Nevado Copa)
    Nevado Copa (possibly from qupa, a Quechua word for the mineral turquoise and the turquoise color) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru whose summit reaches...
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    provinces Asunción, Carhuaz and Yungay. Contrahierbas is located inside Huascarán National Park, northeast of Hualcán. Quishuar (archaeological site) Huacramarca...
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    Vicos (redirect from Nevado Paccharuri)
    Ancash Region, Carhuaz Province, Marcara District. Paccharuri lies in the Huascarán National Park, southwest of Copa and southeast of Lake Lejiacocha. Peru...
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    Salcantay (redirect from Nevado Salcantay)
    the second most topographically prominent peak in the country, after Huascarán. Salcantay's proximity to Machu Picchu makes trekking around it an alternative...
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    in the districts Caraz and Santa Cruz District. This peak is inside Huascarán National Park, most precisely southwest of Artesonraju, northwest of Pirámide...
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    Paccharaju (redirect from Nevado Paccharaju)
    Province and Carhuaz, in Ancash; southwest of mount Tarush Kancha, inside Huascarán National Park. Rocotuyo (also named Paccharuri) is a lake at 9°16′53″S...
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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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    Artesonraju (category Huascarán National Park)
    prominent peaks (2772 metres) located within the boundaries of Peru's Huascarán National Park. Artesonraju has two distinguished climbing routes. Due...
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  • snow as it is exposed to warm coastal winds on its western flank. Nevado Huascarán (6,746 m), the highest peak of Peru, is located in the Cordillera Blanca...
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    well as in the Yungay Province, Yanama District. Pirámide lies inside Huascarán National Park, southeast of Caraz and Artesonraju and north of Chacraraju...
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    highest point of Chile. The summit of Huascarán is the highest point of Peru and the Tropics. The summit of Nevado Sajama is the highest point of Bolivia...
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    Coropuna (redirect from Nevado Coropuna)
    consist of several perennially snowbound conical summits, lending it the name Nevado Coropuna in Spanish. The complex extends over an area of 240 square kilometres...
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    Peru National Unity (Peru) party Natural regions of Peru Navy of Peru Nevado Huascarán Newspapers in Peru Pacific Ocean Pasco Region People from Lima Peru...
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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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    Wilbur in Glacier National Park, Montana, United States Nevado Las Agujas in Los Ríos, Chile Nevado Pirámide in Peru Pilot Peak in Wyoming, United States...
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    720 ft) Mururata, 5,871 m (19,260 ft) Nevado Anallajsi, 5,750 m (18,865 ft) Nevado Charquini, 5,392 m (17,690 ft) Nevado Sajama, 6,542 m (21,463 ft) Patilla...
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    Yerupajá (redirect from Nevado Yerupaja)
    2020-04-18. "AAC Publications - South America, Peru, Cordillera Huayhuash, Nevado Yerupaja Grande". publications.americanalpineclub.org. Retrieved 2020-04-18...
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    britannica.com. 2024-08-24. Retrieved 2024-09-12. "Global Volcanism Program | Nevado del Sajama". Smithsonian Institution | Global Volcanism Program. Retrieved...
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    in the west and Alpamayo in the northeast. Its slopes are within the Huascarán National Park. Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM...
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    Alpamayo (category Huascarán National Park)
    000, Corongo (18-h). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú). Nevado Alpamayo "Nevado Alpamayo". Inventario Turístico del Perú (in Spanish). MINCETUR...
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