Yungay

Located in the "Cordillera Blanca", surrounded by many snow monuntains, such as "Huascarán" ( the biggest snow mountain of Peru that measures 6678 meters over the sea level) and lakes, such as Llanganuco and Morococha.
This town was devastated by three earthquakes:

• 1725 Earthquake: there was a snow slide from the Huandoy mountain that fell into a lake causing a part of the town to sink.
• 1962 Earthquake: There was an anvalanche, rocks and snow fell from Huascarán to the town, covering part of it. Luckily Aira mountain protected the town.
• 1970 Earthquake: It was the strongest one, it had 7.8 points on the scale of Ritcher, it shook Yungay. Pieces of snow from the Huascarán fell into nearby lakes, causing most of the town to be erased from the map. Because of that, the Yungay cementery (Campo Santo) built a special section specially for the dead people during the earthquake.

Campo Santo, Yungay Cementery