Huascarán

Huascarán is the highest mountain in Peru, and the fourth-highest mountain in South America. The top of it is 22,205 feet (6,768 meters) high.NHK, "Huascaran: Highest Peak in the Tropics -- Peru, 6,768 m"; retrieved 2012-5-24.

The mountain is located in the Ancash Region of Peru.  Huascarán has turned into a tourist attraction for mountain climbers.

Huascarán is made of granite brought to the surface by a major fault.  It has been staying at about the same elevation, but keeps loosing ice.  As recently as 1970, the Ancash Earthquake caused a big part of the mountain to crumble and fall off.  That part of the mountain was all rock and ice, and it killed almost 17,000 people in small towns around the mountain.

 Related pages 
 List of Mountains in the Andes
 Fault

 References 

Category:Andes
Category:Volcanoes of South America
Category:Mountains of Peru
Category:Ancash Region