Huacrish

Huacrish
Huacrish
	Huayhuash mountain range with Yerupaja (center-left) and the sub-range west of it (on the right) including Huacrish and Auxilio.
Highest point
Elevation	5,622 m (18,445 ft) [1]
Listing	List of mountains in Peru
Coordinates	10°17′55″S76°57′50″W / 10.29861°S 76.96389°W Coordinates: 10°17′55″S76°57′50″W / 10.29861°S 76.96389°W
Geography
	Huacrish Peru
Location	Peru, Ancash Region, Lima Region
Parent range	Andes, Huayhuash

Last updated April 07, 2019

Huacrish (possibly from Quechua Wakrish (from wakri) for "flash of lightning")^[2] is a mountain in the west of the Huayhuash mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,622 metres (18,445 ft) high. It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Pacllon District, and in the Lima Region, Cajatambo Province, Copa District.^[3]^[4] Huacrish lies on the sub-range west of Yerupaja, northeast of the mountain Auxilio and southeast of the Auxilio Lake.

The Andes or Andean Mountains are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. This range is about 7,000 km (4,300 mi) long, about 200 to 700 km wide, and of an average height of about 4,000 m (13,000 ft). The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.

The Bolognesi Province is one of 20 provinces of the Ancash Region of Peru.

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References

↑ intranet2.minem.gob.pe, 4.6 Areas naturales protegidas por el estado
↑ Diccionario Bilingüe Quechua-Castellano, Cusco-Collao y Ayacucho-Chanka (Bilingual Quechua-Spanish dictionary, Cusco-Collao and Ayacucho-Chanka: relampageor - wakri
↑ perucordillerablanca.com Map of the Huayhuash mountain range
↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Lima Region)]

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[1] tranet2.minem.gob.pe, 4.6 Areas naturales protegidas por el estado

[2] Diccionario Bilingüe Quechua-Castellano, Cusco-Collao y Ayacucho-Chanka (Bilingual Quechua-Spanish dictionary, Cusco-Collao and Ayacucho-Chanka: relampageor - wakri

[3] rucordillerablanca.com Map of the Huayhuash mountain range

[4] scale.minedu.gob.pe UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Lima Region)]