Pucaraju (Ticapampa)
This article is about the mountain in the Ticapampa District, Recuay Province, Ancash Region, Peru. For other uses, see Pukarahu.
Pucaraju | |
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Tunsho, Pucarajo | |
Lake Querococha and Mount Pucaraju (center-left) | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,346 m (17,539 ft) |
Coordinates | 9°40′30″S 77°18′35″W / 9.67500°S 77.30972°WCoordinates: 9°40′30″S 77°18′35″W / 9.67500°S 77.30972°W |
Geography | |
Pucaraju Peru | |
Location | Ancash, Peru |
Parent range | Cordillera Blanca |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1-1967 via S.face: N.W. ridge-1973.[1] |
Pucaraju[1][2] (possibly from Quechua puka red,[3] rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow,[4] "red snow-covered mountain") is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 5,346 metres (17,539 ft) high[1] or 5,322 metres (17,461 ft) high[2] depending on the source. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Recuay Province, Ticapampa District.[5] Pucaraju lies west of Yanamarey and northeast of Lake Querococha.[2]
The IGN-Peru map, cites the main peak as Tunsho, while applying the name Pucarajo to the southern slopes.[6]
Sources
- 1 2 3 Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994: "Yanamarey Group: Pucaraju 5346m: 1-1967 via S.face: N.W. ridge-1973."
- 1 2 3 Alpenvereinskarte 0/3b. Cordillera Blanca Süd (Peru). 1:100 000. Oesterreichischer Alpenverein. 2005. ISBN 3-937530-05-3.
- ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ babylon.com
- ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yungas Province (Ancash Region) showing the location of Pucarahu (unnamed) northeast of the mountain labelled "Cerro Pucaraju" and northeast of the lake Qiruqucha
- ↑ Peru 1:100 000, Recuay (20-i). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
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