Monterrey (Peru)
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| Coordinates | 9 ° 28 ′ S , 77 ° 32 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Peru | ||
| Ancash | |||
| province | Huaraz | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-ANC | ||
| District | Independencia | ||
| height | 2950 m | ||
Monterrey is a town in the Independencia district in the Huaraz province in the Ancash region in western Peru . Monterrey is located at an altitude of about 2950 m on the right bank of the north-flowing Río Santa .
Monterrey is located on a road that runs through the entire high valley of Callejón de Huaylas . To the south it is 6 km to Huaraz and to the north it is 26 km to Carhuaz . In addition, a footpath leads up the Cordillera Blanca to Willkawain (approx. 4 km) and further into the mountains to the regions of the eternal ice. There is a thermal bath in the village itself .
literature
- Alan Murphy: Peru Handbook. 2nd edition. Footprint Handbooks, Bath 1999, ISBN 0-8442-2187-2 (English).
- Gerhart Moser: Cordillera Blanca. South. = Cordillera Blanca, South, Perú. Trekking map. Austrian Alpine Club, Innsbruck 2005, ISBN 3-937530-05-3 ( Alpine Club Map 0.3b), (scale 1: 100,000; legend in German, Spanish, English).