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Nevado Huascarán)
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Coordinates:
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9°6′36″ S 76°36′36″ W
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First ascent:
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1932
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route:
<td style="border-top:1px solid #999966" width=220>glacier/snow/ice climb
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Huascarán or
Nevado Huascarán is a
mountain of the
Cordillera Blanca, part of the Western
Andes. At 6768 m its southern peak (Huascarán Sur) is the highest in
Peru and the fourth highest in
South America. The summit was first reached in
1932 by a joint
German–
Austrian expedition. The north peak (Huascarán Norte) had previously been climbed by an expedition from the
USA in
1908.
On
31 May 1970 the
Ancash earthquake caused a substantial part of the north side of the mountain to collapse. The town of
Yungay was completely buried by ice, snow and rock, causing the deaths of around 30,000 people.
Huascarán gives its name to the
Huascarán National Park which surrounds it, and is a popular location for
trekking and
mountaineering.
