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Huaraz (from Quechua: Waraq or Warash, "dawn"), formerly designated as San Sebastián de Huaraz, is a city in Peru. It is the ... hiking, mountain biking and ...
In 1967, Curry Slaymaker and Joel Albrecht, Peace Corps volunteers, formulated delimitation proposal on an area of 85,000 hectares (210,000 acres); and simultaneously, the Forest Regional Service of Huaraz established the vicuña and queen-of the-Andes surveillance zone for an area of approximately 10,000 hectares (25,000 acres).
[20] [21] At least 20,000 people were also killed in Huaraz, site of a 1941 avalanche (see Palcacocha Lake). [22] Estimates suggest that the earthquake killed over 66,000 people. [23] [24] The final toll was 67,000 dead and 800,000 homeless, making this the worst earthquake-induced disaster in the Western Hemisphere until the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
Pisco is a mountain in Peru, located in the Cordillera Blanca about 60 km north of Huaraz. It was first climbed on July 12, 1951, by C. Kogan, G. Kogan, R.Leininger and M. Lenoir. This mountain was once popular for its easy climb. However, the primary climbing route has melted significantly.
Lake 69 (Spanish: Laguna 69) is a small lake near of the city of Huaraz, in the region of Áncash, Peru. 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]
Liguria: From Portovenere to Camogli hiking trail along the sea; Alta Via dei Monti Liguri; Sentiero Azzurro is a trail along a rugged portion of coast on the Italian Riviera that connects the five towns known as the Cinque Terre in Liguria, Italy; Lombardy. Il Sentiero del Viandante The "Wayfarer's trail" from Lecco to Colico on the east side ...
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.
Huaraz District is one of twelve districts of the province Huaraz in Peru. [1] Geography. The Cordillera Blanca and the Cordillera Negra traverse the district.