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Annie Smith Peck (born 19 October, 1850 in Providence, Rhode Island; died 16 July, 1935 in New York, New York) was an American mountaineer.

Peck was born into a wealthy family, which made it possible for her to get a good education. In 1878, she concluded her archaeology studies with flying colors and thereafter went to Europe, where she continued her schooling at Hannover and Athens. In 1885, she discovered her enthusiasm for mountaineering. After her return to the United States in 1892, she worked as a professor in the field of archaeology at a number of different universities. Meanwhile she scaled a number of moderate-sized mountains in Europe and in the United States. In 1895, she climbed the Matterhorn and was suddenly quite well-known.

Although already over 50 years old, Peck wanted to make a very special climb. She travelled to South America, looking for a mountain taller than Aconcagua in Argentina (6960 m). In 1908 she climbed the Nevado Huascarán in Peru (6768 m), accompanied by two Swiss mountain guides. Due to a severe snowstorm, Peck misjudged the measuring altitude by about 600 m, calculating it as 7300 m high. She was later shown incorrect from a recalculation done by Fanny Bullock Workman.

The 6648 m northern peak of the Huascarán was named Cumbre Aña Peck in her honor. Peck scaled mountains into her old age and died in 1935 at the age of 84.

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