Peru · Andes6,094 m (19,993 ft)Jirishanca 3D Terrain Map & Relief Model
Interactive digital elevation model (DEM) for Jirishanca. Tilt, rotate, and inspect high-altitude summit ridges, glacial cirques, and approach routes in high-resolution 3D WebGL cartography.
Picturesque alpine camp situated directly beneath the eastern precipice of Jirishanca.
Small platform hacked into the lower rock buttress safe from falling serac avalanches.
Hollowed snow cave excavated beneath a precarious ice mushroom on the summit ridge.
The needle summit tip of the Hummingbird Beak, flanked by sheer 3,000-foot precipices.
Total vertical rise from Laguna Mitococha Base Camp (4,250m) directly to the summit crest.
DMS: 10°14′10″ S, 76°54′11″ W. Verified against alpine geodesy baselines.
The vertical drop to the lowest contour encircling the peak with no higher summit inside it.
Surrounded by lateral moraines, active icefalls, and high glaciated ridges feeding regional river systems.
Topographic Architecture of Jirishanca
Jirishanca is a breathtaking 6,094-metre pinnacle in the northern Cordillera Huayhuash, internationally renowned as the Matterhorn of the Andes for its impossibly sheer profile and fluted ice spires. Its Quechua name translates to Hummingbird Beak of Ice. The mountain was first climbed on July 12, 1957, by Austrian mountaineering legends Toni Egger and Siegfried Jungmeir via the treacherous East Buttress, one of the boldest technical achievements in Andean climbing history.