Huascarán

Nevado Huascaran ( view from west)

The Nevado Huascaran ( Quechua: Waskaran ) is located in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes and is at a height of 6768 meters the highest mountain in Peru and the fourth highest mountain in South America. The Nevado Huascaran is in the Huascaran National Park. The mountain consists of two peaks, the Huascaran Sur ( 6768 m) and Huascaran Norte ( 6652 m). 1932 succeeded a German - Austrian expedition made ​​the first ascent. 2013 has been determined that the acceleration of gravity with 9.7639 m/s2 is there the lowest.

The Huascaran Norte to have been climbed in 1908 by the US-American Annie Smith Peck.

From the north peak of Huascaran broke on January 10, 1962 from massive rock and ice. With a speed of about 120 km / h they rolled into the valley. Several places were overrun by the landslide. Estimates of the number of victims ranged between 2000 ( minimum) and 4000 people.

On 31 May 1970, after an earthquake measuring 7.8 a gigantic landslide occurred on the magnitude scale on the northwest flank of the town of Yungay (9 ° 9 '1 " S, 77 ° 44' 12" W 9.1503784341667 - 77.73653100252550 ) destroyed and the lives of about 70,000 inhabitants ( including 20,000 in the city ) cost. In this landslide also the base camp of a 15 -strong Czechoslovak Mountaineer team was buried under meters of boulders.

The Huascaran is topographically connected the east with the Chopicalqui ( 6354 m).