Parascotopetl

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Parascotopetl, "the Matterhorn of the Andes," is a fictitious mountain of Ecuador that appears in H. G. Wells's short story "The Country of the Blind". The inhabitants of a valley in the mountain's shadow are all blind from birth.

The name is clearly invented but, intriguingly for a mountain located in South America, appears to be Nahuatl in form.

External links

• [The Country of the Blind] – story text

 

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