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    Huascarán (Spanish pronunciation: [waskaˈɾan]) (Quechua: Waskaran), Nevado Huascarán or Mataraju is a mountain located in Yungay Province, Department of...
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    Huascarán National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Huascarán) is a Peruvian national park that comprises most of the mountain range known as Cordillera...
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    The 1970 Huascarán Debris Avalanche occurred on May 31, 1970, when a debris avalanche and mudflow triggered by the Ancash earthquake destroyed the Peruvian...
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    as the "Switzerland of Peru". There is the four mile high Huascarán, home to the Huascarán National Park. There is also the Alpamayo peak, considered...
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  • Earth's centre than the summit of Everest. The second-farthest summit, Huascarán (also in the Andes), is only about 10 metres closer to the Earth's centre...
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    plateau as well as the highest peak of the country, the 6,768 m (22,205 ft) Huascarán. The third region is the selva (jungle), a wide expanse of flat terrain...
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    Cordillera Blanca (category Huascarán National Park)
    Negra Huascarán National Park Cordillera Central (disambiguation) Ancash Region "Peruvian Cordilleras". USGS. Retrieved August 16, 2014. "Huascarán - Servicio...
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    mountain, Nevado Huascarán, to collapse and an unstable mass of glacial ice about 800 meters across at the top of Nevado Huascarán to fall. This caused...
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    reported to be the farthest point on the surface from Earth's center, with Huascarán a very close second. The summit of Chimborazo is the fixed point on Earth...
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    Alpamayo in Huascarán National Park, Peru...
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