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This is a list of the thirty-seven 6000 metre peaks in Peru as defined by a regain height, or prominence, above a col of 300m or more. This list is taken from the full set of Peruvian IGM maps [ 1 ] alongside various climbing and mountaineering records.
Artesonraju [3] [4] [5] [2] is a pyramidal mountain peak located near the city of Caraz in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range in the Peruvian Andes.It is located at the Peruvian province of Huaylas and its slopes are within two cities: Santa Cruz and Caraz.
Vinicunca, or Winikunka, also called Montaña de Siete Colores (literally: Mountain of seven colors), Montaña de Colores (Mountain of colors) or Montaña Arcoíris (Rainbow Mountain), is a mountain in the Andes of Peru with an altitude of 5,036 metres (16,522 ft) above sea level.
Pages in category "Mountains of Peru" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,669 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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]
The peak of the mountain The track to the peak. Huayna Picchu, Quechua: Wayna Pikchu, is a mountain in Peru around which the Urubamba River bends. It is located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District. [2] It rises over Machu Picchu, the so-called Lost City of the Incas.
Most of the names in the range originate from Quechua and Aymara languages. They used to be spelled according to a mainly Spanish-based orthography which is incompatible with the normalized spellings of these languages [citation needed] and Law 29735 which regulates the 'use, preservation, development, recovery, promotion and diffusion of the original languages of Peru'.
Alpamayo [2] [3] (possibly from Quechua allpa earth, mayu river, [4] "earth river") or Shuyturaju [3] (possibly from Ancash Quechua huytu, shuytu oblong, slim and long, Quechua rahu snow, ice, mountain covered in snow) [5] [6] is one of the most conspicuous peaks in the Cordillera Blanca of the Peruvian Andes.