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Santa Cruz Peak (6259m)

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Santa Cruz Peak culmine à 6259 mètres en Peru, faisant partie de Cordillera Blanca, South America. Ce sommet est classé comme Fold Mountain.

Santa Cruz Peak — 6,259m — Peru — watercolor illustration
Altitude
6259 m
Proéminence
— m
Coordonnées
-8,898611, -77,726944
Type
fold_mountain

Comparaison des altitudes

Niveau de la mer 0 m Ben Nevis 1,345 m Mont Blanc 4,808 m Denali 6,190 m Mt. Everest 8,849 m Santa Cruz Peak 6259 m

À propos de cette montagne

Santa Cruz Peak (6259m) 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.

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Conditions saisonnières

Analyse topographique

Carte de contour

Topographic contour map of Santa Cruz Peak (6259m)

The topographic contour map of Santa Cruz Peak (6259m) 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 6,259m summit). Above 5,000m, the estimated snow line at this latitude, contours transition to cooler tones indicating permanent snow and ice.

Profil d'altitude

Elevation profile of Santa Cruz Peak (6259m)

The east–west elevation profile of Santa Cruz Peak (6259m) in the Cordillera Blanca shows the terrain cross-section through the summit at 6,259m. 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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