Santa Cruz (mountain)

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Santa Cruz
Pucaraju
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West face.
Highest point
Elevation 6,259 m (20,535 ft) [1]
Coordinates 8°53′39″S77°42′30″W / 8.89429°S 77.7083°W / -8.89429; -77.7083
Geography
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Santa Cruz
Peru
Location Ancash, Peru
Parent range Cordillera Blanca, Andes
Climbing
First ascent 20 July 1948 by Frédéric Marmillod and Ali Szepessy-Schaurek

Santa Cruz, [2] [3] [1] [4] Pucaraju, [3] [2] [5] Pukaraju [1] (possibly from Quechua puka red, [6] rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow) [7] or Pico de Huaylas (Spanish for "peak of Huaylas") [1] is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru; within Santa Cruz District, Huaylas Province, Ancash. [5] It has a height of 6,259 metres (20,535 ft), [1] although other maps cite a height of 6,241 metres (20,476 ft). [2] [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Ricker, John (1977). Yuraq Janka: A Guide to the Peruvian Andes. The Mountaineers Books. pp. 60–61. ISBN   9781933056708.
  2. 1 2 3 Alpenvereinskarte 0/3a. Cordillera Blanca Nord (Peru). 1:100 000. Oesterreichischer Alpenverein. 2005. ISBN   3-928777-57-2.
  3. 1 2 3 Peru 1:100 000, Corongo (18-h). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
  4. ↑ Biggar, John (2005). The Andes: A Guide for Climbers. Andes. p. 60. ISBN   9780953608720.
  5. 1 2 "UGEL Huaylas - Mapa" (PDF). ESCALE - Estadística de la Calidad Educativa - Mapas (in Spanish). MINEDU. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  6. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  7. ↑ babylon.com


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