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Quitaraju (6036m)

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Quitaraju liegt auf 6036 Metern Höhe in Peru, Teil der Cordillera Blanca, South America. Dieser Gipfel wird als Fold Mountain klassifiziert.

Quitaraju — 6,036m — Peru — watercolor illustration
Höhe
6036 m
Prominenz
— m
Koordinaten
-9,063056, -77,601944
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 Quitaraju 6036 m

Über diesen Berg

Quitaraju (6036m) 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 Quitaraju (6036m)

The topographic contour map of Quitaraju (6036m) 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 6,036m summit). Above 5,000m, the estimated snow line at this latitude, contours transition to cooler tones indicating permanent snow and ice.

Höhenprofil

Elevation profile of Quitaraju (6036m)

The east–west elevation profile of Quitaraju (6036m) in the Cordillera Blanca shows the terrain cross-section through the summit at 6,036m. 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 5,000m marks the approximate elevation above which permanent snow persists year-round.

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