Artesonraju
Sign in to saveArtesonraju is a pyramidal mountain peak located near the city of Caraz in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range in the Peruvian Andes. It is located at the Peruvian province of Huaylas and its slopes are within two cities: Santa Cruz and Caraz. Its summit has an elevation of (or according to the IGN-Peru map). It is one of many prominent peaks (2772 metres) located within the boundaries of Peru's Huascarán National Park. Artesonraju has two distinguished climbing routes. Due to their difficulties, Artesonraju is seldom successfully climbed in comparison to other well known mountains in the Cor
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Artesonraju
- Mountain.photo
- Artesonraju3.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Artesonraju
- Mountain.map
- Peru
- Mountain.map_caption
- Peru
- Mountain.location
- Ancash, Peru
- Mountain.label_position
- top
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 6025
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Chacraraju
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 2772
- Mountain.range
- Cordillera Blanca, Peruvian Andes
- Mountain.first_ascent
- E. Hein, E. Schneider (August 19, 1932)
- Mountain.easiest_route
- Southeast FaceAlpine Grade D (difficile/difficult)
- Mountain.map_size
- 220
- Mountain.photo_size
- 220
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- Elevation
- Climbing
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- References
Artesonraju is a pyramidal mountain peak located near the city of Caraz in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range in the Peruvian Andes. It is located at the Peruvian province of Huaylas and its slopes are within two cities: Santa Cruz and Caraz. Its summit has an elevation of (or according to the IGN-Peru map). It is one of many prominent peaks (2772 metres) located within the boundaries of Peru's Huascarán National Park. Artesonraju has two distinguished climbing routes. Due to their difficulties, Artesonraju is seldom successfully climbed in comparison to other well known mountains in the Cordillera Blanca. The mountain serves as the inspiration for the Paramount Pictures production logo.
== Elevation == The available Digital elevation models show several voids in the region therefore its exact altitude may be shown differently in some sources. SRTM's highest point shows 5982 metres, Void filled SRTM shows 5918 metres, ASTER shows 5982 metres as its highest point. The 90 metre TanDEM-X data shows 5999 metres as its highest point.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Artesonraju” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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