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Palcaraju
Nevado Palcaraju is situated in the Andes cordillera and at 6,274 m the highest summit of Cordillera Blanca south of Nevado Huascaran . Summits of the mountain besides its main summit Palcaraju Centro are:
Palcaraju Este
Palcaraju Oeste
Palcaraju Sur
Nevado Palcaraju is part of the Chinchey-Massif, and the nearest summit above 6,000 m is Nevado Chinchey (6.222 m), 5 km in east-southeasterly direction.
The nearest town is Huaraz, 25 km in the southwest, situated in Callejon de Huaylas. THis town was struck by a mudslide in 1941, descending from Laguna Palcacocha, 1,700 m below the Palcaraju summit.
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