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Huascarán National Park protects the Cordillera Blanca, which is the world's highest tropical mountain range. [3] Located in the central Peruvian Andes, the park's 340,000 hectares (840,000 acres) [ 1 ] cover an elevational range from around 2,500 meters (8,200 ft) to the several snow-capped peaks above 6,000 meters (20,000 ft). [ 3 ]
Huascarán gives its name to Huascarán National Park which surrounds it, and is a popular location for trekking and mountaineering. The Huascarán summit is one of the points on the Earth's surface farthest from the Earth's center, [ 8 ] closely behind the farthest point, Chimborazo in Ecuador .
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]
Rank Country or Region Highest point Elevation 1 Argentina Aconcagua [1]: 6,962 m (22,841 ft) 4 Bolivia Nevado Sajama [2]: 6,542 m (21,463 ft) 8 Brazil Pico da Neblina [3]
It is one of the more than 400 lakes that form part of the Huascarán National Park, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site. In the thaw season, the lake is nourished by a waterfall from Chacraraju. [1] [2] Its name comes from the fact that the lake did not have a name before the Huascaran National Park was created in 1975.
Huandoy [2] [3] [4] (probably from Quechua wantuy, to transfer, to transpose, to carry, to carry a heavy load) [5] or Tullparaju [6] (possibly from Quechua tullpa rustic cooking-fire, stove, rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow) [7] [8] is a mountain located inside Huascarán National Park in Ancash, Peru.
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Huascarán National Park is located in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range of the Andes. It surrounds Huascarán, the tallest peak in Peru. The physical environment includes glaciers, ravines, and lakes, while the park is home to several regional animal species. The national park is uninhabited, but native llamas and alpacas graze in the lowlands.