6 HIGHEST VEHICULAR TUNNELS IN THE WORLD – NUMBER 2 – PUNTA OLIMPICA TUNNEL

Tunnel Name	Punta Olimpica Tunnel
Location	Ancash, a region of northern Peru
Year Opened	2013
Height (Feet)	15.535
Distance (Miles)	0.86
Other	Longest vehicular tunnel in Peru. Drilling began on May 15, 2012 and ended on February 24, 2013. The tunnel is intended to ease traffic on Route AN-107, one of the cross roads in the Ancash region linking the cities of Carhuaz, San Luis and Chacas.

6 HIGHEST VEHICULAR TUNNELS IN THE WORLD – NUMBER 3 – TUNEL DE KAHUISH

Tunnel Name	Tunel de Kahuish
Location	Ancash, a region of northern Peru
Year Opened	?
Height (Feet)	14,816
Distance (Miles)	?
Other	Located within the Huascaran National Park in the Cordillera Blanca range of the Andes Mountains. The road is mostly asphalted with some gravel sections.

LA RINOCANADA, PERU - HIGHEST PERMANENT SETTLEMENT IN THE WORLD

La Rinconada is a town in the Peruvian Andes near a gold mine. At 16,700 feet (3.2 miles) above sea level, it is the highest permanent settlement in the world. Between 2001 and 2009, the population increased to 30,000 people from just a small gold prospector camp because the price of gold rose 235% over that period.

The town of La Rinconada in the Peruvian Andes