Pirámide (mountain)

Pirámide
Pirámide de Garcilaso
Pirámide and Lake Parón
Highest point
Elevation5,885 m (19,308 ft)
Coordinates8°58′31″S 77°37′14″W / 8.97528°S 77.62056°W / -8.97528; -77.62056
Geography
Pirámide
Peru
LocationPeru, Ancash Region
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Blanca
Climbing
First ascent29 May 1957 via NW face by G. Hauser, B. Huhn, H. Wiedmann

Pirámide (Spanish for pyramid), also called Pirámide de Garcilaso or Pirámide de Garcilazo, is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 5,885 metres (19,308 ft) high. It is located in the Ancash Region, Huaylas Province, Caraz District as well as in the Yungay Province, Yanama District. Pirámide lies inside Huascarán National Park, southeast of Caraz and Artesonraju and north of Chacraraju, at the very end of the Lake Parón valley.