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==Geography==
[[File:Cordillera Huayhuash from space.jpg|thumb|268x268px|Huayhuash range as seen from the [[International Space Station]] in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=8924|title=Cordillera Huayhuash, Peruvian Andes : Image of the Day|date=2008-05-17|website=earthobservatory.nasa.gov|language=en|access-date=2016-11-22}}</ref>]]
{{further|Marañón fold and thrust belt}}The Huayhuash range is 30 km long north to south<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=http://www.rgs.org/nr/rdonlyres/b11e3d06-3e97-45fc-9e82-d394efa751bd/0/maperu.pdf|title=Mountaineering in the Andes: A Sourcebook for Climbers|last=Neate|first=Jill|publisher=Expedition Advisory Centre, Royal Geographical Society|year=1994|isbn=9780907649649|location=|pages=21-25|quote=|via=|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185849/http://www.rgs.org/NR/rdonlyres/B11E3D06-3E97-45FC-9E82-D394EFA751BD/0/MAPeru.pdf|archivedate=2016-03-04|df=}}</ref> and includes seven peaks over 6000 m including [[Yerupajá]] which, at {{convert|6617|m|ft|0}}, is the second highest peak in Peru.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=|title=DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Peru|last=DK|first=|date=2014-08-01|publisher=Penguin|isbn=9781465432476|location=|pages=217|language=en|quote=|via=}}</ref> Another notable peak, [[Siula Grande|Siula]] (6,344 m) was made famous by mountaineer [[Joe Simpson (mountaineer)|Joe Simpson]] in his book ''[[Touching the Void (book)|Touching the Void]]''. Unlike neighboring [[Cordillera Blanca]], Huayhuash doesn't possess broad valleys and mountain passes are higher.<ref name=":0" /> There are many lesser peaks surrounding those covered by ice, and several passes exceeding 5,000 m. It is necessary to travel a considerable distance from the central range to find ground lower than 3,000 m, even on valley floors, and the range is often taken to include this much larger area. The vegetated areas of the range are part of the [[Central Andean wet puna]] [[ecoregion]]<ref name="ecoregion">{{cite journal|year=2001 |title=Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Life on Earth |url=http://gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder/ |journal=[[BioScience]] |volume=51 |issue=11 |pages=933–938 |doi=10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0933:TEOTWA]2.0.CO;2 |author=Olson, D. M, E. Dinerstein |display-authors=etal |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111014034322/http://gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder/ |archivedate=2011-10-14 |df= }}</ref>
The area is barely populated at all, with what hamlets there are being very small and generally only found below 4000 m (the snowline is found at approximately 4,800 m). The nearest villages are [[Chiquián]] (3,400 m) and [[Cajatambo]] (3,375 m). Some mining takes place in the area, so to the north of the mountains there is an unsurfaced road leading up to as high as 4750 m. In 2002 the Peruvian Ministry of Agriculture declared the Huayhuash mountain range a "reserved zone" and prohibited certain economic activities, including any future mining.
=== Peaks ===
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