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Nevado Salkantay (6270m)

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Nevado Salkantay liegt auf 6270 Metern Höhe in Peru, Teil der Cordillera Blanca, South America. Dieser Gipfel wird als Fold Mountain klassifiziert.

Nevado Salkantay — 6,270m — Peru — watercolor illustration
Höhe
6270 m
Prominenz
— m
Koordinaten
-13,336944, -72,546944
Typ
fold_mountain

Höhenvergleich

Meeresspiegel 0 m Ben Nevis 1,345 m Mont Blanc 4,808 m Denali 6,190 m Mt. Everest 8,849 m Nevado Salkantay 6270 m

Über diesen Berg

Nevado Salkantay (6270m) is a fold mountain in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru. Grade 4/5: technical ascent requiring mountaineering skills. A high Andean summit demanding altitude acclimatization and technical glacier travel.

Routen

Saisonale Bedingungen

Topografische Analyse

Höhenlinienkarte

Topographic contour map of Nevado Salkantay (6270m)

The topographic contour map of Nevado Salkantay (6270m) in the Cordillera Blanca shows elongated parallel contours following the ridge axis. Contour lines are drawn at 100m intervals, with index contours (thicker lines) every 500m. The hypsometric color scale ranges from green (lower elevations) through yellow and orange to white (highest elevations near the 6,270m summit). Above 4,800m, the estimated snow line at this latitude, contours transition to cooler tones indicating permanent snow and ice.

Höhenprofil

Elevation profile of Nevado Salkantay (6270m)

The east–west elevation profile of Nevado Salkantay (6270m) in the Cordillera Blanca shows the terrain cross-section through the summit at 6,270m. The color gradient transitions from green (valley floor) to white (summit zone), with the red summit marker indicating the peak. The dashed blue snow line at 4,800m marks the approximate elevation above which permanent snow persists year-round.

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