Huascarán
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Huascarán is the highest mountain in Peru, and the fourth-highest mountain in South America. The top of it is 22,205 feet (6,768 meters) high.[1]
The mountain is located in the Ancash Region of Peru. Huascarán has turned into a tourist attraction for mountain climbers.
Huascarán is made of granite brought to the surface by a major fault.[2] It has been staying at about the same elevation, but keeps loosing ice.[3] As recently as 1970, the Ancash Earthquake caused a big part of the mountain to crumble and fall off. That part of the mountain was all rock and ice, and it killed almost 17,000 people in small towns around the mountain.
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[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ NHK, "Huascaran: Highest Peak in the Tropics -- Peru, 6,768 m"; retrieved 2012-5-24.
- ↑ Grambling, Tyler A.; Jessup, Micah J.; Newell, Dennis L.; Grambling, Nadine L.; Hiett, Coleman D. (2024-05-17). "Magmatic conditions aiding synconvergent extension above the Peruvian flat slab". Geosphere. 20 (4): 1102–1132. doi:10.1130/GES02741.1. ISSN 1553-040X.
- ↑ Grambling, Tyler A.; Jessup, Micah J.; Newell, Dennis L.; Methner, Katharina; Mulch, Andreas; Hughes, Cameron A.; Shaw, Colin A. (2021-10-20). "Miocene to modern hydrothermal circulation and high topography during synconvergent extension in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru". Geology. 50 (1): 106–110. doi:10.1130/G49263.1. ISSN 0091-7613.
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