Araranca

Araranca
Araranca
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 9°38′15″S 77°17′57″W / 9.63750°S 77.29917°W / -9.63750; -77.29917Coordinates: 9°38′15″S 77°17′57″W / 9.63750°S 77.29917°W / -9.63750; -77.29917 
Geography
Location Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range Cordillera Blanca

Araranca or Ararankha (Quechua for a little lizard,[2] hispanicized spelling Araranca) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Huaraz Province, Olleros District. Araranca lies southwest of Tuctu and northwest of Yanarahu. It lies north of the Araranca valley.[1]

Sources

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaraz Province (Ancash Region)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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