Mountain · Peru

Nevado Salcantay

Elevation

6,271 m

#217

in the world

#11

in Peru

Nevado Salcantay is a mountain in Peru, rising to 6,271 m, the 11th highest in Peru.

Elevation

6,271 m

Surveyed elevation, GeoNames

World rank

#217

of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Nevado Salcantay lies in Peru, in Cuzco Department.

Key facts

Elevation

6,271 m

Surveyed elevation, GeoNames

Type

Mountain

Region

Cuzco Department

Coordinates

-13.333, -72.546

How it ranks

Among peaks in Peru

#11of 47

LargestSmallest

Among all listed peaks

#217of 14,627

LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Peak	Elevation	Distance
Nevado Humantay	5,473 m	6.9 km
Nevado Verónica	5,682 m	30 km
Nevado Auzangate	6,384 m	151 km
Nevado Pico Tres	6,058 m	159 km
Alcamarinayoc	6,271 m	162 km
Cerro Condorcunca	4,231 m	172 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Nevado Salcantay.

City	Country	Population	Distance
Abancay	Peru	72,277	50 km
Quillabamba	Peru	25,300	55 km
Santa Ana	Peru	25,145	55 km
Santiago	Peru	64,075	65 km
Wanchaq	Peru	59,134	66 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.