located almost in it's entirety in the Huascaran National Park,

Cordillera Blanca

Located almost in it's entirety in the Huascaran National Park, it extends 180kms.

It has a total of 663 glaciers (26 of them at 6,000m.a.s.l. or higher) and includes

Huascaran (at 6,768masl it is the highest peak in the Peruvian Andes),

Alpamayo (considered by many to be the most beautiful mountain in the world, 269 lakes and 41 rivers.

These rivers and lakes are an important hydrological resource and provide water to the basins of the Santa, Pativilca and Marañon rivers.

Highest mountains of the Cordillera Blanca:
Huascaran South 6,768 m.
Huandoy center 6,395 m.
Chopicalqui 6,354 m.
Hualcan 6,122 m.
Chacraraju 6,112m.
Pucahirca 6,046m.
Alpamayo 5,947m.

Andreas Walraven, Goirle, Netherlands.