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Nevado Huascarán, Peru
Prominence: 2798 m, 9180 ft
Elevation: 6768 meters, 22,205 feet
True Isolation: 2207.48 km, 1371.67 mi
Highest Summit
Pico Sur
Subpeaks
Nevado Huascarán-Pico Norte
(6664 m/21,864 ft)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)
9° 7' 16'' S, 77° 36' 17'' W
-9.120981, -77.604674 (Dec Deg)
213711 E 8990740 N, Zone 18 (UTM)
Country
Peru (Highest Point)
State/Province
Ancash (Highest Point)
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Lists that contain Nevado Huascarán:
World Peaks with 1000 km of Isolation
(Rank #24)
World Drainage Basin High Points over 5000 m high
(Rank #10)
UN Member State High Points
(Rank #12)
World Peaks with 300 km of Isolation
(Rank #24)
World Country High Points
(Rank #12)
South America UN Member High Points
(Rank #3)
Country High Points of the Americas
(Rank #3)
South America Country High Points
(Rank #3)
Ultras of Ecuador and Peru
(Rank #2)
South America Range3 High Points
(Rank #3)
Andes 6000-meter Peaks
(Rank #4)
South America Peaks with 200 km of Isolation
(Rank #4)
Ultras of South America
(Rank #14)
Cordillera Blanca 5500 meter Peaks
(Rank #1)
Peru Region High Points
(Rank #1)
Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:
The Andes: A Guide for Climbers (Biggar)
Ascent Info
Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users:
21
Show all viewable ascents/attempts
(Total: 25)
Selected Trip Reports from this site:
1998-06-25 by Jake Norton (Unsuccessful)
1999-06-20 by Jake Norton (Unsuccessful)
2011-07-21 by Lyngve Skrede
2015 07 by Tim Bogdanov
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The icy majesty of Huascaran, highest peak in Peru (2010-11-06). Photo by
Jeff Malik
.
Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence
Key Col Page
(Detailed prominence information)
Clean Prominence
: 2798 m/9180 ft
Optimistic Prominence
: 2798 m/9180 ft
Line Parent
:
Ojos del Salado
Key Col
: 3970 m/13,025 ft
Isolation
Isolation Page
(Detailed isolation information)
Distance: 2207.48 km/1371.67 mi
Isolation Limit Point
: -27.106559, -68.54245
Nearest Higher Neighbor
in the
PBC database
:
Ojos del Salado
(SSE)
Ranges
Continent:
South America
Range2:
Andes
Range3:
Peruvian Andes (Highest Point)
Range4:
Cordillera Occidental (Peru) (Highest Point)
Range5:
Cordillera Blanca (Highest Point)
Range6:
Huascaran Massif (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins
Santa (HP)
Pacific-South America
Pacific Ocean
Ownership
Land: Parque nacional Huascarán
First Ascent
July 20, 1932
Borchers, Philip
Hein, Erwin
Hoerlin, Hermann
Schneider, Erwin
(Germany)
Data Source
1:100,000 Topographic Survey Map
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