Pukarahu

This article is about the mountain in the Santa Cruz District, Huaylas Province, Ancash Region, Peru. For other uses, see Pukarahu.
Pukarahu
Santa Cruz

Aguja III (on the left), Qaras I (center-left), Pukarahu (in the background, center, the highest peak) and Qaras II (in the background, center, exactly in front of Pukarahu, hiding most of it) as seen from the southeast
Highest point
Elevation 6,259 m (20,535 ft)[1]
Coordinates 8°53′39″S 77°42′30″W / 8.89429°S 77.7083°W / -8.89429; -77.7083Coordinates: 8°53′39″S 77°42′30″W / 8.89429°S 77.7083°W / -8.89429; -77.7083
Geography
Pukarahu

Peru

Location Ancash, Peru
Parent range Cordillera Blanca
Climbing
First ascent 20 July 1948 by Frédéric Marmillod and Ali Szepessy-Schaurek

Pukarahu (Quechua puka red,[2] rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow,[3] "snow-covered red mountain", hispanicized spelling Pucaraju), Caruayun, Santa Cruz or Pico de Huaylas (Spanish for "peak of Huaylas") is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It has a height of 6,259 metres (20,535 ft). Pukarahu is situated in the Ancash Region, Huaylas Province, Santa Cruz District.[4]

The foothills of Pukarahu (on the left), Tullparahu and Waskaran (in the center) as seen from the Cordillera Negra

See also

References

  1. John F, Ricker, Yuraq Janka, Cordilleras Blanca y Rosko, 2nd ed. 1981
  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 Huaylas Province (Ancash Region) showing "Nevado Pucaraju"
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