Rahu Kutaq

Rahu Kutaq
Rahu Tuna

Rahu Kutaq as seen from Quñuqqucha
Highest point
Elevation 5,355 m (17,569 ft) [1]
Coordinates 10°00′34″S 77°10′36″W / 10.00944°S 77.17667°W / -10.00944; -77.17667Coordinates: 10°00′34″S 77°10′36″W / 10.00944°S 77.17667°W / -10.00944; -77.17667
Geography
Rahu Kutaq

Peru

Location Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Blanca
Climbing
First ascent 1962[2]

Rahu Kutaq (Quechua rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow, Ancash Quechua kuta flour; corner, -q a suffix,[3][4][5] hispanicized spelling Rajo Cutac), also known as Rahu Tuna (Quechua tuna slope,[6] "snow peak slope", also spelled Rajutana, Rajutuna),[7] is a 5,355 m (17,569 ft) high mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Aquia District. Rahu Kutaq lies southeast of Challwa and Tuku.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Nevado Rajo Cutac". IGN, Peru. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  2. ↑ Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994
  3. ↑ babylon.com
  4. ↑ Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj, Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino - castellano - English, Brighton 2006
  5. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  6. ↑ Rimaycuna, Quechua de Huánuco, Diccionario del quechua dell Huallaga con índices castellano e inglés, Serie Lingüistica Peruana No. 48
  7. ↑ batguano.com Map of the Cordillera Blanca
  8. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Ancash Region)


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