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The Cordillera Blanca (Spanish for "White Range") is a mountain range in Peru. It is part of the larger Andes range and includes 50 peaks over 5500 m (18,040 feet) tall in an area 13 miles wide and 112 miles long. Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1466 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1466 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Nevado Alpamayo is one of the most conspicuous peaks in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range (which is made up of about 50 peaks), part of the Peruvian Andes. ... A mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands or separated from other mountain ranges by passes or rivers. ... The Andes form the longest mountain chain in the world. ...

The highest mountain in Peru, Huascarán (6768 m), is located here. Huascarán National Park, established in 1975, encompasses almost the entire range of the Cordillera Blanca. HuascarÃ¡n or Nevado HuascarÃ¡n is a mountain of the Cordillera Blanca, part of the Western Andes. ... HuascarÃ¡n National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional HuascarÃ¡n) is a national park in the Cordillera Blanca, a range of the Andes, in the Ancash region of central Peru. ...

In 1966, the Alpamayo mountain was declared "the most beautiful mountain in the world" by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Nevado Alpamayo is one of the most conspicuous peaks in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range (which is made up of about 50 peaks), part of the Peruvian Andes. ... UNESCO logo UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ...

List of peaks

Huascarán South (6768 m)
Huascarán North (6655 m)
Huandoy Center (6395 m)
Chopicalqui (6354 m)
Hualcan (6122 m)
Chacraraju (6112m)
Pucahirca (6046m)
Alpamayo (5947m)

HuascarÃ¡n or Nevado HuascarÃ¡n is a mountain of the Cordillera Blanca, part of the Western Andes. ... HuascarÃ¡n or Nevado HuascarÃ¡n is a mountain of the Cordillera Blanca, part of the Western Andes. ... Nevado Alpamayo is one of the most conspicuous peaks in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range (which is made up of about 50 peaks), part of the Peruvian Andes. ...

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Coordinates: 9°10′S 77°35′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Categories: Peru geography stubs | Mountain ranges of South America | Mountains of Peru

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Cordillera Blanca and Huayhuash of Peru, trekking. Andes Mountain Expediciones; (112 words)
	Trekking at the Cordillera Blanca and Huayhuash, Peru.
	The "Cordillera Blanca" mountain range of Peru is one of the most interesting sites of the world for trekking.
	In our 10 or 16 days traverse across the backbone of the Cordillera Blanca or Huayhuash, enjoying sunny days with shirt-sleeve weather, pass by cultivated farm-lands and colorful villages, in fantastic mountain scenery is a sublime Andean experience.

Trekking the Cordillera Blanca (3179 words)
	Blanca (white) refers to the large, permanent glaciers in the range, while Negra (fl) is snowless exposed rock (Cordillera means mountain range).
	Of all the possible trekking destinations in this country, Cordillera Blanca is the real treat, with a varied, dramatic landscape and only a small number of visitors each year.
	The people that live on the periphery of the Cordillera Blanca seldom see outsiders, rarely get to what we'd call a town, and will be as curious about you as you are about them.

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