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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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