Talk:List of mountains in Peru

message: After a prolly-well-meaning new editor tried to update/delete half the table, I made those changes:
* Changed the lead section's criterion from 6000m to 5500m (we had previously discussed going down to 5000, but the most dubious peak in the list was "Sara Sara 6,000 vs. 5506" so 5500 should do for now to keep and update the list.)
* I'll try and source the elevation in the articles for Alpamayo, Huascarán, Taulliraju/Tocllaraju, and Yerupajá Grande so as to be able to contradict the INEI source and update the table here with related endnotes (the way I did for Salcantay and the previous deviations from INEI). Sourcing the other problematic peaks is open to volunteers... ;-)
* Unrelated: I've not-overlinked in the table each instance of region and range, so that each line is now independant. (When you use the table's sortable columns, you lose sight of the only bluelink for each region/range, so each line need to be independently linked).
— Komusou talk @ 14:40, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: October 2007 changes

message: There seems to be a confusion about the peaks. I have consulted an older source which as cited source have Anuario Estadístico del Perú 1971, Oficina Nacional de Estadística y Censos, Lima - Peru, tomo 3, pág 165-170. It also puts the three peaks Sarcantay(as spelled) 6271, Pumasillo 6070 and Lasunayoc 6000 in a second Cordillera Vilcanota, 100 km long. So, if it is some typo, it did not arise as late as 2005. A list of all peaks more than 5000 I have long ago put in the Swedish wiki :sv:Bergskedjor i Peru, if for some value. Best regards – Xauxa (talk) 10:28, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reg. mentioned typo in INEI 

message: I'm fairly new to editing Wikipedia, so not sure of procedures for correcting pages that have many mistakes, so apologies if I tread on any toes. I found this page recently and there are so many problems with this list that in my view it would be best to re-write the page entirely using a reliable source. Almost every piece of data in the list has some fault - it is clear to me as something of an "expert" on Peru that this list has been compiled from several different written lists without any refence to maps or other data.
1.The list as it stands inlcudes peaks that are entirely separate listed as one name e.g. Tocllaraju/Taulliraju. Peaks that are the same listed under different name e.g. Tunsho is Huantsan, Rajopaquinan is Hualcan (different names on different maps , thats all). 
2. The list also has heights that appear nowhere else in any reliable source e.g. Chopicalqui 6400m, Copa 6270m, Alpamayo 6120m...to name a few. 
To improve this list I would suggest using the PIGM maps as the most reliable source, with the AV maps of the Blanca a secondary source and Jonathan de Ferrantis SRTM data (see www.peaklist.org) as reliable in areas with less topographic relief (not relevant to many 6000m+ areas in Peru unfortunately. Perhaps the most fundamental problem with the list is that no definition is given of what constitutes a 6000m peak. How much higher above the col does a peak have to be? In my well used and referenced lists on www.andes.org.uk I use a 400m re-ascent for a main peak, 200m re-ascent for a sub peak. While my figures for the re-ascent cut-off are somewhat arbitrary and other cut-off values are equally valid, this list needs to be re-written with more clearly defined criteria.
The photo at the top of this page 'huascaran norte' is in fact Huascaran Sur, from the southwest, with the Garganta Col at far left.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Damien Gildea (talk • contribs) 22:50, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Many Problems with this page