Pukarahu (Ticapampa)

This article is about the mountain in the Ticapampa District, Recuay Province, Ancash Region, Peru. For other uses, see Pukarahu.
Pukarahu

Qiruqucha and the mountain Pukarahu (center-left)
Highest point
Elevation 5,346 m (17,539 ft)
Coordinates 9°40′30″S 77°18′35″W / 9.67500°S 77.30972°W / -9.67500; -77.30972Coordinates: 9°40′30″S 77°18′35″W / 9.67500°S 77.30972°W / -9.67500; -77.30972
Geography
Pukarahu

Peru

Location Ancash, Peru
Parent range Cordillera Blanca
Climbing
First ascent 1-1967 via S.face: N.W. ridge-1973.[1]

Pukarahu (Quechua puka red,[2] rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow,[3] "red snow-covered mountain", hispanicized spelling Pucaraju) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 5,346 metres (17,539 ft) high. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Recuay Province, Ticapampa District.[4][5] Pukarahu lies west of Yanamaray and northeast of the lake named Qiruqucha.

Sources

  1. Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994: "Yanamarey Group: Pucaraju 5346m: 1-1967 via S.face: N.W. ridge-1973."
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. babylon.com
  4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yungas Province (Ancash Region) showing the location of Pucarahu (unnamed) northeast of the mountain labelled "Cerro Pucaraju" and northeast of the lake Qiruqucha
  5. andix.com Map of a part of the Cordillera Blanca


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