Cordillera Negra

Cordillera Negra extends over an area about 180 km long and 25-40 km wide, stretching in a NNW-SSE direction parallel to the Pacific coast, its ridge circa 60 km from the coastline. It is part of the Andean Sierra which inland borders on the Costa, the narrow strip of coastal deserts along the South American coast.

Cordillera Negra rises to an elevation of 5,187 m with Pico Rocarre, 5,020 m with Rumi Cruz, 5,006 m with Senal Cerro Rico at 9°03′15″S 77°55′00″W / 9.05417°S 77.9166667°W / -9.05417; -77.9166667 and 4,988 m with Cerro Huancapeti at 9°45′56″S 77°31′39″W / 9.76556°S 77.5275°W / -9.76556; -77.5275 with the highest pass road of Cordillera Negra, "Huancapeti Pass", at 4,680 m above sea level.