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Salcantay

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[sal-kuhn-tahy, sahl-kahn-tahy] / ˌsæl kənˈtaɪ, ˌsɑl kɑnˈtaɪ /

noun

  1. a mountain in the Andes in S central Peru: highest peak in the Cordillera Vilcabamba. 20,574 feet (6,271 meters).


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Last week, while the big parties were still flexing their muscles, Lima learned that two Swiss mountaineers, traveling light, had grabbed off the honors for the first ascent of Salcantay.

From Time Magazine Archive

In recent months, two major expeditions have been preparing assaults on the spectacular snowcrest of Salcantay, 20,551 ft. above sea level.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was cut off from Cuzco by the inhospitable snow fields and glaciers of Salcantay, Soray, and the adjacent ridges, Page 254even though they are only fifty miles from Cuzco.

From Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Bingham, Hiram

Salcantay and Soray, along the Salcantay River to Huadquiña, followed by the Count de Sartiges in 1834 and Raimondi in 1865.

From Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Bingham, Hiram

Salcantay and Veronica; but there was nothing to lead any one to visit the upper Vilcabamba Valley or to desire to make it a place of residence.

From Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Bingham, Hiram