Yungay, Peru
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Yungay, also known as Yungay Nuevo, is a town in the Ancash Region in north central Peru, South America.
Cemetery in Yungay
Cemetery in Yungay
The remnants of Yungay's town church after the landslide
The old cemetery.
Huascarán
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Huascarán, Nevado Huascarán or Mataraju is a mountain located in Yungay Province, Department of Ancash, Peru. It is situated in the Cordillera Blanca range of the western Andes. The southern summit of Huascarán, which reaches 6,768 metres (22,205 ft), is the highest point in Peru, the northern Andes, and in all of the earth's Tropics. Huascarán is the 4th highest mountain in South America after Aconcagua, Ojos del Salado, and Monte Pissis. Huascarán is ranked 25th by topographic isolation.
Huascarán as viewed from Callejón de Huaylas
Photograph taken after the 1970 avalanche showing the buried towns of Yungay and Ranrahirca