Rahu Qulluta

For the mountain in the Ancash Region, Peru, see Suyruqucha (Ancash). For the mountain in the Lima Region, Peru, see Suyruqucha.
Rahu Qulluta
Suyruqucha, Diablo Mudo

Waywash mountain range with Yerupaja (center-left) and the sub-range west of it (on the right). Rahu Qulluta is visible on the right.
Elevation 5,427 m (17,805 ft)[1]
Listing List of mountains in Peru
Location
Rahu Qulluta

Peru

Location Peru, Ancash Region, Lima Region
Range Andes, Waywash
Coordinates 10°17′50″S 76°58′50″W / 10.29722°S 76.98056°WCoordinates: 10°17′50″S 76°58′50″W / 10.29722°S 76.98056°W
Climbing
First ascent 1-1964[1]

Rahu Qulluta (Quechua rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow,[2] qulluta, kalluta mortar, hispanicized spellings Rajucollota, Raju Collota), Suyruqucha[3] (Quechua suyru very long dress tracked after when worn, qucha lake,[4] hispanicized Suerococha), named after the nearby lake, or Diablo Mudo (Spanish for "dumb devil") is a mountain in the west of the Waywash mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,427 metres (17,805 ft) high. It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Pacllon District, and in the Lima Region, Cajatambo Province, Copa District.[5] Rahu Qulluta lies on a sub-range west of Yerupaja, west of the mountain Wakrish, northwest of the mountain Awkillu and north of the lake Suyruqucha (Suerococha).

Waywash mountain range from space, looking to the northeast. Yerupaja and Siula Grande are in the centre. Rahu Qulluta lies almost at the end of the sub-range in the foreground.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate Peru RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994
  2. ↑ babylon.com
  3. ↑ John Biggar, The Andes: A Guide for Climbers, p. 98
  4. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  5. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Lima Region)]
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