Wamashrahu

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Wamashrahu
Yanawaqra

Wantsan, Wamashrahu, Kashan and Shaqsha as seen from the west
Elevation 5,434 m (17,828 ft)[1]
Location
Wamashrahu
Peru
Location Peru, Ancash Region
Range Andes, Cordillera Blanca
Coordinates 9°31′30″S 77°23′06″W / 9.52500°S 77.38500°W / -9.52500; -77.38500Coordinates: 9°31′30″S 77°23′06″W / 9.52500°S 77.38500°W / -9.52500; -77.38500
Climbing
First ascent 1954, J. Cabana and A. Soriano[2]

Wamashrahu (Quechua rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow,[3] hispanicized spellings Huamashraju, Wamashraju) or Yanawaqra (Quechua yana black, waqra horn, "black horn", hispanicized Yanahuacra)[4] is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 5,434 metres (17,828 ft) high. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Huaraz Province, Huaraz District. Wamashrahu lies east of the town Huaraz (Waras), west of the Wantsan and northwest of the Shaqsha and the Kashan.

Gallery

  • Wamashraju as seen from Huaraz

  • Ranrapallqa (in the distance), Rima Rima, Churup (middle, left), Qullapaqu and Wamashrahu as seen from Huaraz

  • Ranrapallqa (on the left), Wamashraju, Kashan, Shaqsha (center) and Wantsan (on the right) as seen from the southwest

See also

References

  1. ↑ allthemountains.com Map of a part of the Cordillera Blanca
  2. ↑ montanasperuanas.com "Huamashraju"
  3. ↑ babylon.com
  4. ↑ Nill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes: Huamashraju (Yanahuacra) 5434m



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