Wallanka

Wallanka
Burro
Wallanka (on the left) as seen from Wanuku Pampa
Highest point
Elevation	5,470 m (17,950 ft) [1]
Coordinates	9°55′11″S 77°02′13″W / 9.91972°S 77.03694°WCoordinates: 9°55′11″S 77°02′13″W / 9.91972°S 77.03694°W
Geography
Wallanka Location in Peru
Location	Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range	Wallanka mountain range
Climbing
First ascent	1968[1]

Wallanka (Quechua for "mountain range"^[2] and a cactus plant (Opuntia subulata),^[3] hispanicized spelling Huallanca), also known as Burro (Spanish for "donkey"), is a 5,470 m (17,950 ft)) high mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is the highest peak in the Wallanka mountain range.^[1][4] Wallanka is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, in the districts of Aquia and Huallanca. It is situated in the northern half of the range, southeast of the Yanashallash pass and the peaks of Tankan, Ch'uspi and Tankanqucha. Kuntur Wayi lies southwest of it. Winchus 4,795 m (15,732 ft)) is the peak west of Wallanka at the Tuna Kancha valley.^[5][6]

References

1. Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate Peru RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994
2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
3. "Jatun Huancagaga". mincetur. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
4. Hugh R. Clark, South America, Peru–Cordilleras Huallanca, Huayhuash and Raura, Nevado Shicra Shicra, and Other Peaks, American Alpine Journal, Vol. 18, Climbs And Expeditions, 1972
5. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Ancash Region)
6. Alfred J. Bodenlos, George E. Ericksen, Lead-Zing Deposits of Cordillera Blanca and Northern Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru, Geological Survey Bulletin 1017, see. sketch maps p.9-10