Peru topographic map
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Name: Peru topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Peru (-14.36997 -82.54585 0.63003 -67.54585)
Average elevation: 616 m
Minimum elevation: -3 m
Maximum elevation: 6,065 m
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Tingo María
Tingo María was considered unreachable until 1936, when the Montaña Road reached the settlement. It was then that the state run Estacion Experimental Agricola was established due to its "comfortable" elevation (2,204 ft). In 1942, the U.S. Government began adding more funding to the station, and by 1960 over…
Average elevation: 841 m
Kuelap
Kuélap is located on a limestone ridge on top of a mountain at an elevation of 3000 metres, on the left bank of the Utcubamba River. It belongs to the district of Tingo, Luya Province, Amazonas. The area is covered with cloud forests, with a variety of trees, orchids and epiphytes. The protected zone covers…
Average elevation: 2,600 m
Colca Canyon
Peru > Arequipa > Choco > Soro
Colca-Arequipa 14 plains of Majes, it is known as the Majes River, and then is known as the Camana before reaching the Pacific Ocean at the town of that name. The Majes River was believed by the Incas to flow directly into the Milky Way. For this reason, they often put sacrifices and gifts to the gods in the…
Average elevation: 3,169 m
Laguna Aricota
Lake Aricota (possibly from Aymara ari pointed, sharp, quta lake) is a lake in Candarave Province, region of Tacna, Peru. It has an elevation of 2,800 metres (9,186 ft) above sea level.
Average elevation: 3,058 m
Nevado Coropuna
Coropuna is a dormant compound volcano located in the Andes mountains of southeast-central Peru. The upper reaches of Coropuna consist of several perennially snowbound conical summits, lending it the name Nevado Coropuna in Spanish. The complex extends over an area of 240 square kilometres (93 sq mi) and its…
Average elevation: 5,980 m
Yerupajá
Based on the elevation provided by the available Digital elevation models, SRTM2 (6558m with voids), SRTM filled with ASTER (6551m with voids), TanDEM-X(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.
Average elevation: 5,637 m
La Rinconada
High in the Andes, La Rinconada has an alpine tundra climate (ET, according to the Köppen climate classification), with no month having mean temperatures even close to the 10 °C (50 °F) threshold that would permit tree growth and a subtropical highland classification for the city. Far above the tree line,…
Average elevation: 4,923 m
Chachani Volcano
The volcano lies in the Andes of southern Peru, 22 kilometres (14 mi) northwest of Arequipa and north of the Arequipa Airport; the city of Arequipa is situated on the foot of Chachani and El Misti volcanoes. The road from Arequipa to Chivay runs along the southeastern foot of Chachani, and a dirt road reaches…
Average elevation: 5,562 m
Machu Picchu
Peru > Cusco > Machupicchu > Intihuatana > San Miguel
Animals are also suspected to have migrated to Machu Picchu, as there were several bones found that were not native to the area. Most animal bones found were from llamas and alpacas. These animals naturally live at altitudes of 4,000 meters (13,000 ft) rather than the 2,400 meters (7,900 ft) elevation of Machu…
Average elevation: 2,225 m
