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m CaTi0604 moved page Santa Cruz (mountain) to Pukarahu (Ancash): The official name (IGM map, IGN) is the Quechua name.It is against the Peruvian law to eliminate the Quechua toponyms (Ley 29735) |
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| Santa Cruz | |
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| Pucaraju | |
 Aguja III (on the left), Caraz I (center-left), Santa Cruz (in the background, center, the highest peak) and Caraz II (in the background, center, exactly in front of Santa Cruz, hiding most of it) as seen from the southeast | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 6,259 m (20,535 ft)[1] |
| Geography | |
  Santa Cruz Peru | |
| Standort | 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] "snow-covered red mountain") 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
- ^ a b c d e Ricker, John (1977). Yuraq Janka: A Guide to the Peruvian Andes. The Mountaineers Books. pp. 60–61. ISBN 9781933056708.
- ^ a b c Alpenvereinskarte 0/3a. Cordillera Blanca Nord (Peru). 1:100 000. Oesterreichischer Alpenverein. 2005. ISBN 3-928777-57-2.
- ^ a b c Peru 1:100 000, Corongo (18-h). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
- ^ Biggar, John (2005). The Andes: A Guide for Climbers. Andes. p. 60. ISBN 9780953608720.
- ^ a b "UGEL Huaylas - Mapa" (PDF). ESCALE - Estadística de la Calidad Educativa - Mapas (in Spanish). MINEDU. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
- ^ babylon.com
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