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Peruvian Andes

Range Type	Politically-defined sub-range
Highest Point	Nevado Huascarán (6768 m/22,205 ft)
Countries	Peru
States/Provinces	Cuzco (9%), Arequipa (8%), Puno (8%), San Martín (7%), Loreto (6%), Junín (6%), Ayacucho (6%), Huánuco (5%), Ancash (5%), Lima Region (5%), Cajamarca (4%), Ucayali (3%), La Libertad (3%), Madre de Dios (3%), Huancavelica (3%), Pasco (3%), Amazonas (3%), Apurímac (3%), Moquegua (2%), Piura (2%), Tacna (2%), Ica (2%), Lambayeque (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	760,164 sq km / 293,500 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	1,574 km / 978 mi North-South 1,296 km / 805 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	11° 22' S; 74° 39' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Peruvian Andes
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Peruvian Andes.

Andes	Level 2 (Parent)
Cordillera de Merida	Level 3 (Sibling)
Colombian Andes	Level 3 (Sibling)
Ecuador Andes	Level 3 (Sibling)
Peruvian Andes	Level 3
Cordillera Occidental (Peru)	Level 4 (Child)
Cordillera Central (Peru)	Level 4 (Child)
Cordillera Oriental (Peru)	Level 4 (Child)
Bolivian Andes	Level 3 (Sibling)
Puna de Atacama	Level 3 (Sibling)
Central Argentina-Chile Andes	Level 3 (Sibling)
Patagonian Andes	Level 3 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Peruvian Andes

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Nevado Huascarán	6768	22,205	Cordillera Occidental (Peru)
2.	Nevado Yerupajá	6617	21,709	Cordillera Occidental (Peru)
3.	Nevado Coropuna	6405	21,014	Cordillera Occidental (Peru)
4.	Nevado Huandoy	6395	20,981	Cordillera Occidental (Peru)
5.	Nevado Corpuna - Casulla	6377	20,922	Cordillera Occidental (Peru)
6.	Nevado Ausangate	6372	20,906	Cordillera Oriental (Peru)
7.	Nevado Huantsan	6369	20,896	Cordillera Occidental (Peru)
8.	Nevado Chopicalqui	6354	20,846	Cordillera Occidental (Peru)
9.	Siula Grande	6344	20,814	Cordillera Occidental (Peru)
10.	Nevado Coropuna - Pico Este	6305	20,686	Cordillera Occidental (Peru)
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Nevado Huascarán	6768	22,205	Cordillera Occidental (Peru)
2.	Nevado Ausangate	6372	20,906	Cordillera Oriental (Peru)
3.	Nevado Tarata	5723	18,776	Cordillera Central (Peru)

Photos of Peaks in the Peruvian Andes

Nevado Huascarán The icy majesty of Huascaran, highest peak in Peru (2010-11-06). Photo by Jeff Malik. Click here for larger-size photo.	Nevado Huascarán - Pico Norte The icy majesty of Huascaran, highest peak in Peru (2010-11-06). Photo by Jeff Malik. Click here for larger-size photo.
Nevado Yerupajá Yerupaja (2017-6-26). Photo by Scott Patterson. Click here for larger-size photo.	Nevado Coropuna Climbers passing round yareta plants enroute to the massive hulk of Coropuna, with the main summit on the left. Photo by Clark Edgeworth. Click here for larger-size photo.
Siula Grande Siula Grande Photo by Scott Patterson. Click here for larger-size photo.	Salcantay Mount Salkantay from the Salkantay trek, a lodge to lodge trek to Machu Picchu. The trek goes over a pass above 15000 feet near Mt. Salkantay (2010-05-22). Photo by David Parratt. Click here for larger-size photo.
Nevado Jirishanca Jirishanca Photo by Scott Patterson. Click here for larger-size photo.	Nevado Chachani I have never been higher! First time above 6k! Chachani 2013 (2013-08-07). Photo by Piotr Kaczynski. Click here for larger-size photo.
Hualca Hualca Hualca Hualca Photo by Scott Patterson. Click here for larger-size photo.	Volcán El Misti El Misti - I'll bag you next time (2009-08-22). Photo by Michael Vecchiarelli. Click here for larger-size photo.

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