Pukarahu
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Aguja III (on the left), Caraz I (center-left), Pukarahu (in the background, center, the highest peak) and Caraz II (in the background, center, exactly in front of Pukarahu, hiding most of it) as seen from the southeast
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 Pukarahu
Peru
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| Location | Ancash, Peru |
| Parent range | Cordillera Blanca |
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| First ascent | 20 July 1948 by Frédéric Marmillod and Ali Szepessy-Schaurek |
Pukarahu (Quechua puka red,[2] rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow,[3] "snow-covered red mountain", hispanicized spelling Pucaraju), Santa Cruz or Pico de Huaylas (Spanish for "peak of Huaylas") is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It has a height of 6,259 metres (20,535 ft). Pukarahu is situated in the Ancash Region, Huaylas Province, Santa Cruz District.[4]
The foothills of Pukarahu (on the left), Tullparahu and Huascarán (in the center) as seen from the Cordillera Negra range.
See also
References
- ↑ John F, Ricker, Yuraq Janka, Cordilleras Blanca y Rosko, 2nd ed. 1981
- ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ babylon.com
- ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaylas Province (Ancash Region) showing "Nevado Pucaraju"
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