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Huascarán
a peak in the Cordillera Blanca in the Peruvian Andes. Elevation, 6,768 m (the highest point in the country). Mount Huascarán is composed of diorites and andesites. Its slopes are arid high-mountain steppes, with considerable glaciation above 5,200 m. The area is known for mountaineering. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Huascaran National Park includes the whole Cordillera Blanca which is 4,000 meters above sea level and deserving of the Unesco World Biosphere Reserve status. I believe that record accurately reflects drought conditions in Africa and the Middle East and that the dust was carried out across the Atlantic Ocean by the northeast trade winds, across the Amazon Basin and deposited on the Huascaran ice cap," said Lonnie Thompson, University Distinguished Professor of Earth Sciences at Ohio State University. Until 2012, members of the Ice Care project will scale five glaciers declared world heritage sites by UNESCO: Jungfrau in Switzerland, Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Huascaran in Peru, Ilulissat in Danish-ruled Greenland and Sagarmatha in Nepal. |
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