Urwashrahu
| Urwashrahu | |
|---|---|
| Verdequcha | |
  Urwashrahu Peru | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,722 m (18,773 ft) [1] |
| Coordinates | 9°34′39″S 77°18′44″W / 9.57750°S 77.31222°WCoordinates: 9°34′39″S 77°18′44″W / 9.57750°S 77.31222°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Peru, Ancash Region |
| Parent range | Andes |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1-1966 via W. ridge, S. buttress: S. ridge-1975: N.W. face-1982.[2] |
Urwashrahu (in the regional Quechua spelling, urwa infertile, sterile; corn plant without corncob used as fodder,[3] rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow,[4] hispanicized spelling Uruashraju, also Urushraju)[5] or Verdequcha (Spanish verde green, Quechua qucha lake, "green lake", also spelled Verdecocha)[6] is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca of the Andes of Peru, about 5,722 metres (18,773 ft) high.[7] It is located in the Ancash Region, Huaraz Province, Olleros District, and in the Huari Province, Chavín de Huantar District.[8] Urwashrahu lies south of Wantsan, east of Kashan and Shaqsha and southeast of Tararwa Lake (Tararhua).
References
- ↑ summitpost.org Retrieved October 18, 2013 (including a sketch map)
- ↑ Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate, RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994
- ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ babylon.com
- ↑ "Uruashraju Chico - El nevado Pumahuacanca". andesinfo. Retrieved March 16, 2015. (including a sketch map)
- ↑ "Nevado Verdecocha". IGN, Peru. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
- ↑ John Biggar, The Andes: A Guide for Climbers, p. 87
- ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaraz Province (Ancash Region) showing Urwashrahu labelled Cerro Verdecocha
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