View from the slopes of the Cordillera Negra to the highest tropical mountain worldwide (6768 m). The steep face of the lower northern summit was the source of two catastrophic debris avalanches: in 1962, the area of Ranrahirca (lower right portion) was badly affected. In 1970, part of the avalanche even jumped over a hill and destroyed the town of Yungay. The rebuilt town, Nueva Yungay, is visible near the left edge next to the site of the former town, Campo Santo.

Keywords

cultural landscape, debris avalanche, glacial landform, glacial processes, glacier, hazard impact, high-mountain ecosystems, landslide, mountainscape, mountaintop, puna, Zonobiome II

Created

Thursday 20 July 2017 by Martin Mergili in South America / Peru (2693 visits)