Ampato

The Cordillera Ampato rises to a height of 20,630 feet (6,288 meters). This inactive stratovolcano rises to a height of 20,630 feet, making it one of the highest mountains in the south of Peru (6,288 m). Ampato is around 60 miles outside of Arequipa, Peru's second most populated city. Because of a 1995 expedition led by Dr. Johan Reinhard, who discovered the frozen and mummified bones of an Inca girl at the summit, Ampato has become a legendary peak. The mummified remains were discovered to be those of an Inca girl who had been sacrificed to the Inca gods. Juanita, popularly known as the Inca Ice Maiden, was discovered in an exceptionally well-preserved state and is presently kept in Arequipa's Museo Santuarios Andinos. It shows that children were sacrificed to honor the apus (mountain gods). The Museo Santuarios Andinos, a must-see in Arequipa, houses her well-preserved remains.

Ampato is a dormant stratovolcano located 74 kilometers northwest of Arequipa in the Cordillera Occidental. Just to the northeast of Ampato is the active stratovolcano Sabancaya, which is roughly 6,000 meters high. Ampato, Sabancaya, and Hualka Hualka are shown in the image above, from left to right.

Location: the south of Peru

Elevation: 6,288 m

Range: Cordillera Occidental