Cordillera Oriental (Peru)
| Cordillera Oriental | |
|---|---|
 Andean chains of Peru |
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| Highest peak | Ausangate ( 6384 m ) |
| location | Peru |
| part of | To the |
| Coordinates | 10 ° S , 75 ° W |
| surface | 263,000 km² |
The Cordillera Oriental ( German "eastern mountain range" ) is a chain of mountain arches in the eastern Andes of Peru .
location
The Cordillera Oriental of Peru stretches almost the entire length of the country over 1,330 kilometers in a north-south direction, from the border with Ecuador in the north to the Cordillera Apolobamba in Bolivia in the south.
The highest peaks of this extensive mountain arc are mainly in the southern part, where the fourth highest peak in Peru can be found with the Ausangate .
structure
From north to south, the Peruvian Cordillera Oriental is divided into the following sections (the highest peak in each case in brackets):
- Cordillera Oriental North - 52,600 km²
- Cordillera Azul - 33,000 km²
- Central Cordillera Oriental - 38,300 km² ( Pico Sira 2450 m)
- Cordillera Oriental Amazonia - 47,600 km² ( Cerro Atalaya 4382 m)
- Cordillera Urubamba - 7,300 km² ( Sahuasiray 5818 m)
- Cordillera Vilcanota - 13,300 km² ( Ausangate 6384 m)
- Cordillera Carabaya - 17,000 km² ( Allincapac 5780 m)
- Cordillera Oriental Southwest - 23,000 km² ( Cerro Pachamama 4120 m)