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Callejón de Huaylas | Nueva Yungay and Campo Santo |
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Nueva Yungay (left portion of the image) was founded after the original town had been destroyed by a debris avalanche from Huascarán Norte on 31 May 1970, claiming thousands of lives. The site of the former town, known as Campo Santo, appears in the right portion of the image.
- Location
- View on OpenStreetMap
- Created
- on Thursday 20 July 2017 by Martin Mergili
- Region
- Keywords
- cultural landscape, debris avalanche, hazard impact, historic place, landslide, risk management, townscape, Zonobiome II
- Visits and license
- 7454 visits, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED license