Figure 1. Index map showing principal cordilleras of the Andes Mountains in Perú
Figure 2. Distribution of the 20 glacierized cordilleras of Perú and the location of some of the principal rivers
Table 1. Location, orientation, and area of the principal glacierized areas of Perú
Table 2. Principal glaciers of Perú
Figure 3. Index map showing distribution of glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca and Cordillera Huallanca
Figure 4. Annotated Landsat 2 MSS false-color composite image of the northern part of the Cordillera Blanca
Figure 5. Panoramic view in the northern Cordillera Blanca taken from the summit of Nevado Chopicalqui
Cordillera Blanca on Landsat Imagery, by Stefan L. Hastenrath
Figure 6. Oblique aerial photograph of the site of the former village of Yungay, destroyed 31 May 1970 by a massive ice-and-debris avalanche in the Cordillera Blanca
Figure 7. Section of an annotated Landsat image of the Cordillera del Barroso area
Quelccaya Ice Cap, by Stefan L. Hastenrath
Figure 8. Section of an annotated Landsat image of the Cordillera de Vilcanota
Figure 9. Sketch map of the Quelccaya ice cap in the Cordillera de Vilcanota
Figure 10. Section of an annotated Landsat image of the Cordillera Apolobamba area
Table 3. Mass-balance measurements of two glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca and one glacier in the Cordillera Raura
Figure 11. Index map showing locations of natural disasters, glaciological in origin, that have caused deaths or property damage in the Río Santa valley of Perú since 1702
Figure 12. Sketch map and profile of the area affected by the 1962 and 1970 aluviónes from Huascarán Norte in the Cordillera Blanca
Figure 13. Photograph showing flood from Lago Artesoncocha (1951) into Lago Parón in the Cordillera Blanca near Caraz
Figure 14. Photographs showing construction of a drainage outlet for Lago Hualcacocha above Carhuaz to prevent catastrophic outburst floods
Table 4. Natural disasters in Perú that were glaciological in origin
Table 5. Selected maps of the glacierized areas of Perú
Table 6. Selected aerial photographs of the glacierized areas of Perú
Figure 15. Index map to the optimum Landsat 1, 2, and 3 images of the glaciers of Perú
Table 7. Optimum Landsat 1, 2, and 3 images of the glaciers of Perú
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