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Huascaran

Huascaran

noun

a mountain in W Peru, in the Andes. 22,205 feet (6,768 meters).
Huascarán

Huascarán

noun

an extinct volcano in W Peru, in the Peruvian Andes: the highest peak in Peru; avalanche in 1962 killed over 3000 people. Height: 6768 m (22 205 ft)

Huascaran

American

[wahs-kah-rahn] / ˌwɑs kɑˈrɑn /

noun

a mountain in W Peru, in the Andes. 22,205 feet (6,768 meters).

Huascarán British

/ uaskaˈran, uasˈkan /

noun

an extinct volcano in W Peru, in the Peruvian Andes: the highest peak in Peru; avalanche in 1962 killed over 3000 people. Height: 6768 m (22 205 ft)

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The Pastoruri glacier is one of the fastest-receding glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range, according to a paper by the University of Texas and the Huascaran National Park.

From Slate • Sep. 27, 2013

It was to signalize the most famed of Miss Peck's exploits that the Peruvian Government in 1908 named the northern peak of Mount Huascaran Cumbre Ana Peck.

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