Mismi mountain

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Mismi mountain is a peak in the Peruvian Andes best known as one of the most widely recognized sources of the Amazon River.

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Mismi mountain canonical 1

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Andean peak ⓘ
geographical feature ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
access reachable by trek from nearby Andean villages ⓘ
climate high-altitude alpine ⓘ
country Peru ⓘ
drainageBasin Amazon Basin ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean watershed ⓘ
elevation about 18363 ft ⓘ
about 5597 m ⓘ
firstScientificIdentificationAsAmazonSource 1971 ⓘ
hasGlaciers yes ⓘ
hasSnowCap yes ⓘ
hydrologicalSignificance widely recognized as one of the most distant sources of the Amazon River ⓘ
importance key reference point in studies of Amazon River length ⓘ
knownFor being one of the most widely recognized sources of the Amazon River ⓘ
its role in defining the Amazon’s most distant headwaters ⓘ
latitude approximately 15.5° S ⓘ
locatedIn Andes ⓘ
Arequipa Region ⓘ
Peruvian Andes ⓘ
locatedOnContinent South America ⓘ
longitude approximately 71.7° W ⓘ
nearbySettlement Caylloma Province ⓘ
Chivay ⓘ
Tuti ⓘ
partOf Cordillera Chila ⓘ
prominence noted regional prominence in Cordillera Chila ⓘ
recognizedAsAmazonSourceBy National Geographic Society ⓘ
various hydrologists ⓘ
region southern Peru ⓘ
sourceOf Amazon River ⓘ
Apurímac River ⓘ
surveyedBy Instituto Geográfico Nacional del Perú ⓘ
National Geographic Society ⓘ
terrain rocky high-altitude terrain ⓘ
vegetation sparse high-Andean vegetation ⓘ
waterFlowsFrom glacial meltwater ⓘ
waterFlowsInto Apurímac River headwaters ⓘ

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Caylloma Province → contains → Mismi mountain ⓘ