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Juanjo Tomé, Escaladas en los Andes - Guía de la Cordillera Blanca, Madrid: Desnivel Ediciones, 1999, ISBN 978-8489969438 Lefebvre, Thierry, L’invention occidentale de la haute montagne andine, M@ppemonde Vol. 19 (2005).
The Cordillera Blanca is the most extensive tropical ice-covered mountain range in the world and has the largest concentration of ice in Peru. [1] It is part of the Cordillera Occidental (the westernmost part of the Peruvian Andes), and trends in a northwesterly direction for 200 km between 8°08' and 9°58'S of latitude and 77°00' and 77°52' W of longitude. [1]
Chacraraju [5] [1] [6] [7] or Chakraraju [8] (possibly from Quechua chakra little farm; field, land sown with seed, rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow) [9] [10] [11] is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca range in the Andes of Peru.
Copa is also named Chucushcaraju [4] (possibly from Quechua chukuy to make someone put a headdress on / crouch, bend down, -sqa a suffix, rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow, [7] [9] [10] "headdressed mountain with snow" or "crouched mountain with snow"), Pamparaju [11] (possibly from Quechua pampa a large plain, [7] "plain mountain with snow") or Carhuacatac [12] (possibly from Quechua qarwa ...
Vallunaraju [1] [2] or Wallunaraju [3] [2] (possibly from Ancash Quechua walluy to cut, [4] wallu earless, someone whose ears are amputated [5]-na a nominalising suffix, Quechua rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow, [6]) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 5,686 metres (18,655 ft) high [3] [1] and located in Huaraz Province, Ancash.
Palcaraju [1] [2] [3] (from Quechua pallqa, p'allqa, p'alqa forked, branched, fork, [4] [5] [1] rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow, [6] [1]) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range in the region of Ancash within the Peruvian Andes. It has an elevation of 6,274 metres (20,584 ft) on its main summit.
The Punta Olimpica Tunnel is a vehicular transportation tunnel through high mountains, connecting the Callejón de Huaylas and Conchucos valleys of the Cordillera Blanca mountain range in Peru. The tunnel is intended to ease traffic on Route AN-107 , one of the cross roads in the Ancash region linking the cities of Carhuaz , San Luis and Chacas ...
The Cordillera of Dreams (Spanish: La cordillera de los sueños / French: La Cordillère des songes) is a 2019 Chilean-French documentary film directed by Patricio Guzmán. It is considered the third installment in a trilogy of films by Guzmán about his native country, Chile, alongside Nostalgia for the Light (2010) and The Pearl Button (2015 ...