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Huascarán is a mountain in the Peruvian province of Yungay (Ancash Region), situated in the Cordillera Blanca range of the western Andes. The highest southern summit of Huascarán (Huascarán Sur) is the highest point in Peru, the northern part of Andes (north of Lake Titicaca) and in all of the Earth's Tropics. Huascarán is the fourth highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere and South America after Aconcagua, Ojos del Salado, and Monte Pissis. The mountain was named after Huáscar, a 16th-century Inca emperor who was the Sapa Inca of the Inca empire.

The mountain has two distinct summits, the higher being the south one (Huascarán Sur) with an elevation of 6,768m (22,205 ft). The north summit (Huascarán Norte) has an elevation of 6,654m (21,831 ft).[1] The two summits are separated by a saddle. The core of Huascarán, like much of the Cordillera Blanca, consists of Cenozoic era granite.

The summit of Huascarán is the place on Earth with the smallest gravitational force.