Map'arahu

Map'arahu
Map'arahu

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,326 m (17,474 ft) [1]
Coordinates 9°27′00″S 77°18′12″W / 9.45000°S 77.30333°W / -9.45000; -77.30333Coordinates: 9°27′00″S 77°18′12″W / 9.45000°S 77.30333°W / -9.45000; -77.30333
Geography
Location Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Blanca

Map'arahu (Quechua map'a dirty, stained, rahu mountain with snow,[2][3] "dirty (or stained) snow mountain", also spelled Maparaju) is a 5,326 m (17,474 ft) high mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Huaraz Province, Huaraz District, and in the Huari Province, Huantar District. Map'arahu lies at the head of the Kallash (Callash) or Kayish valley, southwest of Kayish and Artisa and northeast of Qarwakancha.[1][4][5]

Map'arahu or rather Map'arahuqucha (qucha means lake, hispanicized spelling Maparajucocha)[2][6] is the name of the little lake south of the mountain at 9°28′15″S 77°18′09″W / 9.47083°S 77.30250°W / -9.47083; -77.30250.

References

  1. 1 2 John F. Ricker, Yuraq Janka: A Guide to the Peruvian Andes, p. 100
  2. 1 2 Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ babylon.com
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Asunción Province (Ancash Region)
  5. ↑ John Biggar, The Andes: A Guide for Climbers (see. sketch map on p. 79)
  6. ↑ American Alpine Club, The American Alpine Journal, Vol. 18, No. 2, Issue 47, 1973, p. 322


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