Huascaran (mountain)

Huascaran ( Spanish: Huascarán , Quechua Waskaran ) is a mountain in the Andes with a height of 6768 m, the highest point in Peru and the fourth highest mountain in South America . Huascaran is located in the national park of the same name and is part of the Cordillera Blanca massif. In addition to the main peak of Huascaran-Sur, there are two more at the mountain - Chopicalki and Huascaran-Norte. The first ascent was carried out in 1932 by a group of German and Austrian climbers. American Annie Smith-Peck was the first to climb Huascaran Norte Peak in 1908 .

Huascaran
Spanish Huascarán , Quechua Waskaran
Aerial view of Huascaran (2004).
Highest point
Absolute height	6746 [1] m
Relative height	2776 m
First climb	1932 year
Location
A country	Peru
Region	Ankash
Mountain system	Andes
Ridge or array	Cordillera Blanca
Huascaran
Huascaran

Mount Huascaran is known for catastrophic events. On December 13, 1941, the breakthrough of Lake Palkochocha caused a mudflow that destroyed the city of Uaras , 5,000 people died ^[2] . On January 10, 1962, a glacier torn from Mount Huascaran generated 13 million cubic meters of mud, which killed 4,000 people. On May 31, 1970, due to an earthquake on the northern slope, a major ice collapse occurred, which caused the mudflow, which buried the Czechoslovak climbing group, the city of Yungai and the surrounding valley, killing 20,000 people ^[3] .

It turned out that on Mount Huascaran, the value of the acceleration of gravity is the lowest on Earth - 9.7639 m / s² ^[4] .