Cordillera Occidental (Peru)

Cordillera Occidental - ; Peruvian Western Cordillera
	Andean chains of Peru
	Nevado Huascarán (view from the west)
Highest peak	Nevado Huascarán ( 6768 m )
location	in the west of Peru
part of	To the
Coordinates	13 ° S , 76 ° W Coordinates: 13 ° S , 76 ° W

The Cordillera Occidental (German name: West Cordillera ) is the western chain of the Andes high mountains and extends from Colombia in the north via Ecuador and Peru to the border regions of Bolivia and Chile in the south.

location

The Peruvian section of the Cordillera Occidental stretches over a distance of around 1750 kilometers along the country's Pacific coast , from the Piura region on the border with Ecuador to the Tacna region in the border triangle Peru-Bolivia-Chile. To the west the cordillera drops steeply to the landscape zone of the Costa , to the east the central and east cordillera joins, the latter merges into the Selvas of the rainforest region to the east .

structure

From north to south, the Peruvian Cordillera Occidental is mainly divided into the following sections:

Surname	length	geogr. width	geogr. length	Highest peak
Cordillera Blanca	200 km	8 ° 08'-9 ° 58'S	77 ° 00'-77 ° 52'W	Huascarán (6768 m)
Cordillera Huallanca	19 km	9 ° 52'-10 ° 03'S	76 ° 58'-77 ° 04'W	Nevado El Burro (5408 m)
Cordillera Negra	180 km	8 ° 40'-10 ° 33'S	77 ° 10′-78 ° 16′W	Pico Rocarre (5187 m)
Cordillera Huayhuash	26 km	10 ° 11'-10 ° 26'S	76 ° 50'-77 ° 00'W	Yerupajá (6617 m)
Cordillera Raura	20 km	10 ° 21'-10 ° 31'S	76 ° 41′-76 ° 50′W	Cerro Santa Rosa (5727 m)
Cordillera La Viuda	130 km	10 ° 33'-11 ° 37'S	76 ° 07′-76 ° 42′W	Nevado Alcoy (5780 m)
Cordillera Central	100 km	11 ° 37'-12 ° 26'S	75 ° 30'-76 ° 18'W	Nevado Cotoni (5897 m)
Cordillera de Chonta	50 km	12 ° 37'-13 ° 07'S	75 ° 00'-75 ° 30'W	Nevado Palomo (5305 m)
Cordillera de Huanzo	57 km	14 ° 30'-15 ° 01'S	72 ° 50'-73 ° 15'W	Nevado Huaychahui (5445 m)
Cordillera Chila	80 km	15 ° 02'-15 ° 26'S	71 ° 43′-72 ° 37′W	Chila (5655 m)
Cordillera Ampato	140 km	15 ° 24'-15 ° 51'S	71 ° 51'-73 ° 00'W	Coropuna (6426 m)
Cordillera Volcánica	50 km	16 ° 07'-16 ° 33'S	71 ° 12′-71 ° 33′W	Chachani (6057 m)
Cordillera del Barroso	110 km	16 ° 51'-17 ° 37'S	69 ° 45′-70 ° 30′W	Tutupaca (5815 m)

Individual evidence

Web links

Commons : Cordillera Occidental (Peru) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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