Uqshapallqa

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Uqshapallqa

Uqshapallqa (on the left) and Ranrapallqa (on the right), the Llaqa Glacier and the Llaqa Lake
Elevation 5,888 m (19,318 ft)
Location
Uqshapallqa
Peru
Location Peru, Ancash Region
Range Andes, Cordillera Blanca
Coordinates 9°24′20″S 77°26′59″W / 9.40556°S 77.44972°W / -9.40556; -77.44972Coordinates: 9°24′20″S 77°26′59″W / 9.40556°S 77.44972°W / -9.40556; -77.44972
Climbing
First ascent 1-1965 via N. ridge: S. face-1979: S. face (new route)-1989. [1]

Uqshapallqa (Quechua uqsha high altitude grass,[2]pallqa bifurcation, division into two parts, hispanicized spelling Ocshapalca) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 5,888 m (19,318 ft) high.[3][4] It is situated in the Ancash Region, Huaraz Province, west of the mountain Ranrapallqa.

Wallunarahu, Uqshapallqa, Ranrapallqa (the snow covered mountains on the right) as seen from Huaraz


References

  1. ↑ Jilla Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, 1994
  2. ↑ Vocabulario-Comparativo-Quechua-Ecuator-Quechua-Ancash See Spanish: Paja - Ancash Quechua paha, uqsha
  3. ↑ www.andix.com Map of the Cordillera Blanca
  4. ↑ allthemountains.com



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