Cordillera Huayhuash
Huayhuash is a mountain range within the Andes of Peru, in the boundaries of the regions of Ancash, Lima and Huánuco. Since 2002 it is protected within the Cordillera Huayhuash Reserved Zone.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 6,127 metres
- Description: Peruvian mountain range
- Also known as: “Cordillera Huayashuash”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yerupajá and Rasac.
Yerupajá
Peak
Photo: Thom95, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yerupajá is a mountain of the Huayhuash mountain range in west central Peru, part of the Andes. It is located at Áncash, Bolognesi Province, Lauricocha Province.
Rasac
Peak
Photo: Jeremyfrimer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rasac is a mountain in the Huayhuash mountain range in west central Peru, part of the Andes. It has a summit elevation of 6,017 metres, although other sources cite a height of 6,040 metres.
Siula Grande
Peak
Photo: Waterloo1883, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Siula Grande is a mountain in the Huayhuash mountain range in the Peruvian Andes. It is 6,344 metres high and has a subpeak, Siula Chico, 6,260 m high. Siula Grande is situated 2½ km southeast of Cordillera Huayhuash.
Cordillera Huayhuash
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Huánuco Department, Peru, South America
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Satellite Map
Discover Cordillera Huayhuash from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Cordillera Huayhuash” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Huayhuash mendikatea”
- Bulgarian: “Кордилера Уайуаш”
- Catalan: “Cordillera Huayhuash”
- Catalan: “Serralada Huayhuash”
- Cebuano: “Cordillera Huayhuash”
- Chinese: “瓦伊瓦什山脈”
- Czech: “Cordillera Huayhuash”
- Dutch: “Cordillera Huayhuash”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كورديليرا هوايهواش”
- Esperanto: “Cordillera Huayhuash”
- French: “Cordillera Huayhuash”
- French: “Cordillère Huayhuash”
- German: “Cordillera Huayhuash”
- Hebrew: “רכס הוואיוואש”
- Hebrew: “רכס ואיוואש”
- Italian: “Cordillera Huayhuash”
- Japanese: “ワイワッシュ山群”
- Ladin: “Cordillera Huayhuash”
- Lithuanian: “Huajhuašo Kordiljera”
- Lithuanian: “Uajuašo Kordiljera”
- Polish: “Cordillera Huayhuash”
- Portuguese: “Cordilheira Huayhuash”
- Quechua: “Waywash walla walla”
- Quechua: “Waywash walla”
- Russian: “Кордильера-Уайуаш”
- Slovak: “Cordillera Huayhuash”
- Spanish: “Cordillera Huayhuash”
- Swedish: “Cordillera Huayhuash”
- Ukrainian: “Кордильєра-Уайуаш”
- Venetian: “Cordejera Huayhuash”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nevado Siula Chico and Nevado Rasac.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cordillera Huayhuash”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.