Huascaran Glacier

Ice capPeru

CountryPeru

TypeIce cap

About Huascaran Glacier

Ice on Perus highest mountain at 6,768 m. A 1962 ice avalanche killed 4,000 people. A 1970 earthquake triggered another avalanche killing 20,000. Ice cores reveal 20,000 years of tropical climate.

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