The Pastoruri glacier is a cirque glacier in the southern Cordillera Blanca, part of the Andes mountain range, in the Ancash region of northern Peru. It is one of the few remaining glaciers in the tropical areas of South America. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Classification
Protected StatusNational Park or Reserve 1 Protected StatusUNESCO World Heritage Site 1 Connections
Caused By
Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Glaciation via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
Source Wikidata: Pastoruri Glacier
In Discipline
Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Glaciology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
Source Wikidata: Pastoruri Glacier
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Source Wikidata: Pastoruri Glacier
Sources
1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN: Protected areas at the coordinates of Pastoruri Glacier, World Database on Protected Areas
UNEP-WCMC and IUCNname_eng and desig_eng
"name_eng": "Huascarán", "desig_eng": "National Park"
desig_eng, designation 18 of the point search
"name_eng": "Huascarán National Park", "desig_eng": "World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)"
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The Pastoruri glacier is a cirque glacier, located in the southern part of the Cordillera Blanca, part of the Andes mountain range, in Northern Peru in the Ancash region.
Wikidata: Pastoruri Glacier
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