Yerupaja rises on the border of Ancash's Bolognesi Province and Huanuco's Lauricocha Province in west-central Peru, reaching an elevation of about 6,635 meters, the second-highest peak in Peru and the highest summit of the Huayhuash range within the Andes. It is a non-volcanic, heavily glaciated peak whose summit is also the highest point in the entire Amazon River watershed, and it is often described as one of the most visually striking mountains in South America for its steep, ice-draped faces. It was first climbed in 1950 by Jim Maxwell and Dave Harrah, and its northern summit was reached separately in 1968 by Roger Bates and Graeme Dingle. This entity documents Yerupaja specifically as a geological formation, the highest peak of the Huayhuash range and the highest point in the Amazon watershed.
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Protected StatusNational Park or Reserve 1 Protected StatusLocally or Regionally Protected 1 Connections
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
Source Wikidata: Yerupaja
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
Source Wikidata: Yerupaja
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1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, World Database on Protected Areas: WDPA protected areas at the location of Yerupaja
UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, World Database on Protected AreasWDPA feature: Pacllón
"desig_eng": "Private Conservation Area"
WDPA feature: Cordillera Huayhuash
"desig_eng": "Restricted Zone"
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