Nevado Sacsarayoc
| Sacsarayoc | ||
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 Nevado Sacsarayoc with Pumasillo on the far left |
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| height | 5994 m | |
| location | Cusco , Peru | |
| Mountains | Cordillera Vilcabamba | |
| Coordinates | 13 ° 15 ′ 1 ″ S , 72 ° 49 ′ 12 ″ W | |
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| rock | Plutonites from the Permian / Triassic | |
The Nevado Sacsarayoc , or its main summit Pumasillo , is the second highest point of the Cordillera Vilcabamba with a height of 5994 m after the Salkantay . The mountain is heavily glaciated and, due to its proximity to the tropical rainforest of the Amazon basin, is often shrouded in dense clouds. The Sacsarayoc consists of several peaks. In addition to the Pumasillo in the west, the east summit with its 5887 m also stands out. In many older lexicons, the height of the Pumasillo is given as 6070 m . More recent measurements, however, showed an altitude below 6000 m .
geology
The upper part of the Sacsarayoc consists of plutonites , which were formed during the Permian and Triassic , about 250 million years ago. The lower area is formed by quartzites.
The uplift of these rocks and their erosion did not take place until the Tertiary in the course of the Andean mountain formation.
Mapping
The first scientific mapping of the area was carried out on the occasion of the Andes expedition of the Swiss Alpine Club in 1959 by Ernst Spiess from the Institute for Cartography of the ETH Zurich, today IKG.
Touristic
The Nevado Sacsarayoc rises a few kilometers north of the village of Yanama, which can only be reached on foot. Yanama is on the trekking route Cachora - Río Apurímac - Choquequirao - Maizal - Yanama - Abra Apacheta - Lucmabamba - Machu Picchu .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ mapa geológico del cuadrángulo de machupicchu ( Memento of the original from January 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ernst Spiess: The Panta map of the SAC expedition to the Cordillera Vilcabamba (Peru). (PDF; 3.6 MB) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved March 7, 2013 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
literature
- Cartographica Helvetica, issue 28, July 2003