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The tectonic processes that created the andes have continued.

Peru andes mountains map. Machu picchu site of ancient inca ruins located about 50 miles from cuzco peru in the cordillera de vilcabamba of the andes mountains. One of the few major pre columbian ruins found nearly intact it was designated a unesco world heritage site in 1983. The andes andes mountains or andean mountains spanish.

The andes mountain range has many very high peaks. With an elevation of 69608 m aconcagua is the highest mountain in the americas and the western and southern hemispheres. The highest mountain in the andes range is mount aconcagua in argentina.

The only higher mountains in the world are the himalayas in asia. It measures almost 23000 feet high which is almost 4 12 miles. Countries in the andes region from north to south.

North to south they are venezuela columbia ecuador peru bolivia chile and argentina. The andes mountains highest point cerro aconcagua is found in argentina but you will also find andes mountains peru peaks that top out at more than 20000 feet above sea level. The andes mountains chain extends over seven countries making it the longest mountain range in the world.

The resultant mountain system exhibits an extraordinary vertical differential of more than 40000 feet between the bottom of the peru chile atacama trench off the pacific coast of the continent and the peaks of the high mountains within a horizontal distance of less than 200 miles. As you can see in the map above the andes can reach to a soaring height the highest peak in peru huascaran reaches to a towering 22204 feet 6768 m making it perus highest point. As observed on the physical map of peru above the rugged andes mountains cover almost 40 of peru.

This is a list of the thirty seven 6000 metre peaks in peru as defined by a regain height or prominence above a col of 300m or morethis list is taken from the full set of peruvian igm maps alongside various climbing and mountaineering records. Colombia venezuela ecuador peru bolivia chile argentina. Hundreds of snow capped peaks jut skyward here with many exceeding 20000 ft.

The highest peak in the peruvian andes is huascaran sur and it rises some 22200 feet. Cordillera de los andes are the longest continental mountain range in the world forming a continuous highland along the western edge of south americathe range is 7000 km 4350 mi long 200 to 700 km 124 to 435 mi wide widest between 180 south and 200 south latitude and has an average height of about 4000 m 13123 ft. Heights are taken from the peruvian igm 1100000 series maps with the oeav survey maps of the cordillera blanca north and south used where the igm.

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