Huandoy

For the mountain on the border of the provinces Huaraz and Huari in the Ancash Region, Peru, see Tullparahu.
Huandoy
Tullparahu

Huandoy South
Elevation 6,360 m (20,870 ft)[1]
Prominence 1,645 m (5,397 ft)[1]
Listing Ultra
Location
Huandoy

Location in Peru

Location Yungay Province, Ancash, Peru
Range Cordillera Blanca, Andes
Coordinates 09°01′43″S 77°39′56″W / 9.02861°S 77.66556°WCoordinates: 09°01′43″S 77°39′56″W / 9.02861°S 77.66556°W[1]
Climbing
First ascent 1932 by H. Bernard, E. Hein, H. Hoerlin and E. Schneider
Easiest route Southwest face

Huandoy (in hispanicized spelling), Wantuy (Quechua for to transfer, to transpose, to carry, to carry a heavy load)[2] or Tullparahu (Quechua tullpa rustic cooking-fire, stove, rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow,[3][4] hispanicized Tullparaju)[5] is a mountain located in the Ancash Region of Peru. It is the second-tallest peak of the Cordillera Blanca section of the Andes, after Nevado Huascarán. These two peaks are rather nearby, separated only by the Llankanuku ravine with its Llankanuku Lakes (3,846 m).

It is a snow-capped mountain with four peaks, the tallest of which is 6,395 m arranged in the form of a fireplace. The four peaks are each over 6,000 m, and are:

It was first climbed in 1932 by a German party. The ascent from the Llankanuku Lakes was first climbed in 1976.

It is part of Huascarán National Park.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Peru: 22 Mountain Summits with Prominence of 1,500 meters or greater" Peaklist.org. Listed as "Nevados Hunadoy". Retrieved 2012-04-17.
  2. ↑ babylon.com
  3. ↑ Vocabulario comparativo quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino -- castellano - English (pdf)
  4. ↑ babylon.com
  5. ↑ John F. Ricker, Yuraq Janka: Cordilleras Blanca and Rosko

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