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Cordilleras

Cordillera de Carabaya

The Cordillera de Carabaya is in the Cordillera Oriental between lat 14°00' and 14°22'S. and long 69°38' and 70°19'W. It extends 75 km in a northwesterly direction. The glacierized area is estimated from Landsat images to extend for more than 100 km². Drainage is into the Titicaca basin to the south and into the Atlantic Ocean to the east by the Río Inambari. The highest peak is Nevado Allincapac at 5,780 m asl.