Yerupajá is a
mountain
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of the
Huayhuash mountain range in west central
Peru
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, part of the
Andes
The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...
. It is located at
Áncash,
Bolognesi Province,
Lauricocha Province. At (other sources: ) it is the second-highest in Peru and the highest in the
Huayhuash mountain range. The summit is the highest point in the
Amazon River watershed, and was first reached in 1950 by
Jim Maxwell and
Dave Harrah, and its northern peak (Yerupajá Norte) in 1968 by the
Wellington
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ian Roger Bates and
Graeme Dingle. Many visitors consider Yerupajá to be the most spectacular peak in South America.
There have been only a few successful ascents of the peak because it is one of the hardest Andean high peaks to climb. The most popular route is the southwest face. The approach is normally made from
Huaraz southwards via
Chiquián and Jahuacocha.
Notable ascents
* 1950 ''Southern flank of West Face'' First ascent of peak by David Harrah and James Maxwell.
* 1966 ''Direct West Face'' 2nd ascent of peak, FA of route over 13 days by Leif Patterson and Jorge Peterek.
* 1968 ''Northeast Face'' FA of route by Chris Jones and Paul Dix (summit, July 30), supported by Dean Caldwell and Roger Hart (all US).
* 1969 ''East Face'' by
Reinhold Messner
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and
Peter Habeler.
*2002 Main summit solo by Santiago Quintero (July 15)
Elevation
Based on the
elevation
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provided by the available
Digital elevation models, SRTM2 (6558m with voids),
SRTM filled with
ASTER (6551m with voids),
TanDEM-X
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(6110m with voids), Yerupaja is about 6635 meters above sea level.
This altitude was considered due to the lack of topographic data or even handheld GPS data.
The height of the nearest
key col is 4592
metre
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s,
so its
prominence is 2025
meters. Yerupaja is listed as range or area, based on the Dominance system and its dominance is 30.6%. Its
parent peak is
Huascaran Sur and the
topographic isolation
The topographic isolation of a summit is the minimum geographical distance, horizontal distance to a point of equal elevation, representing a radius of dominance in which the peak is the highest point. It can be calculated for small hills and is ...
is 148.8
kilometers.
This information was obtained during a research by
Suzanne Imber in 2014.
See also
*
List of ultras of South America
*
Siula Grande
Siula Grande is a mountain in the Huayhuash mountain range in the Peruvian Andes. It is high and has a subpeak, Siula Chico, high.
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''Touching the Void'' ascent
In 1985, Siula Grande was climbed by Joe Simpson and Simon Yates. Alth ...
External links
Yerupajá on SummitpostComplete guide to the Huayhuash Andean Circuit (in spanish)Elevation information about YerupajaWeather Forecast at Yerupaja
References
Mountains of the Department of Ancash
Mountains of the Department of Lima
Mountains of the Department of Huánuco
Six-thousanders of the Andes
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