Wallunarahu

Wallunarahu
Wallunarahu
Highest point
Elevation	5,686 m (18,655 ft) [1]
Coordinates	9°25′20″S 77°27′23″W / 9.42222°S 77.45639°WCoordinates: 9°25′20″S 77°27′23″W / 9.42222°S 77.45639°W
Geography
Wallunarahu Peru
Location	Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range	Andes, Cordillera Blanca
Climbing
First ascent	1949, A. and M. Szepessy[2]

Wallunarahu (Ancash Quechua walluy to cut,^[3] wallu earless, someone whose ears are amputated^[4] -na a nominalising suffix, Quechua rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow,^[5] hispanicized spelling Vallunaraju) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 5,686 metres (18,655 ft) high. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Huaraz Province. Wallunarahu lies south west of the Ranrapallqa and the Uqshapallqa.

Images

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  Wallunarahu, Uqshapallqa, Ranrapallqa and Rima Rima as seen from Huaraz (Waras)

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  Wantsan (Tunshu) as seen from Wallunarahu, looking to the southeast

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  Wallunarahu

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  Wallunarahu (on the right) as seen from Huaraz

References

1. allthemountains.com Map of a part of the Cordillera Blanca
2. montanasperuanas.com "Vallunaraju"
3. Vocabulario comparativo quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino -- castellano - English (pdf): (qu-Ancash) Roquy; walluy - (qu-ec) Kuchuna; pitina - (es) Cortar - (en) Cut
4. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): wallu, wallurisqa, wanq'u. - adj. Desorejado, -da. Que tiene la oreja amputada.
5. babylon.com rahu - s. snow; ice; mountain with snow