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Mountain · Peru

Nevado Jirishanca

Elevation
6,094 m
#258
in the world
#18
in Peru

Nevado Jirishanca is a mountain in Peru, rising to 6,094 m, the 18th highest we list in Peru.

Nearest town
29 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Nevado Jirishanca

Nevado Jirishanca lies in Peru, in Huanuco Department.

Key facts

Elevation
6,094 m (19,993 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Mountain
Region
Huanuco Department
Coordinates
-10.237, -76.905

How it ranks

Among peaks in Peru
#18of 47
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#258of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Nevado Yerupajá Chico6,121 m1.7 km
Nevado Yerupajá6,634 m3.5 km
Nevado Rasac6,017 m4.6 km
Nevado Siula Grande6,344 m6.6 km
Nevado Sarapo6,127 m7.5 km
Nevado de Tuco5,479 m52 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Nevado Jirishanca.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
YanacanchaPeru23,17529 km
ChaupimarcaPeru28,66652 km
HuánucoPeru196,62781 km
YanacanchaPeru24,10586 km
Cerro de PascoPeru58,89986 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.