| Alpamayo | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,947 m (19,511 ft) |
| Prominence | 447 m (1,467 ft)[1] |
| Parent peak | Quitaraju |
| Coordinates | 08°52.75′S 77°39.22′W / 8.87917°S 77.65367°W |
| Naming | |
| Native name | Shuyturaju (Quechua) |
| Geography | |
  Alpamayo Peru | |
| Location | Ancash, Peru |
| Parent range | Cordillera Blanca |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | June 20, 1957, by Günter Hauser, Berhard Huhn and Horst Wiedmann. |
| Easiest route | Difficult snow/ice climb on SW face |
Alpamayo[2][3] (possibly from Quechua allpa earth, mayu river,[4] "earth river") or Shuyturaju[3] (possibly from Ancash Quechua huytu, shuytu oblong, slim and long, Quechua rahu snow, ice, mountain covered in snow)[5][6] is one of the most conspicuous peaks in the Cordillera Blanca of the Peruvian Andes. Alpamayo Creek originates northwest of it.[2]
The Alpamayo lies next to the slightly higher Quitaraju.
In July 1966, the German magazine "Alpinismus", published a photo of Alpamayo taken by American photographer Leigh Ortenburger accompanied by an article on a survey among mountaineering experts, who chose Alpamayo as "The Most Beautiful Mountain in the World".[7]
- ^ Peakbagger - Alpamayo
- ^ a b Peru 1:100 000, Corongo (18-h). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
Nevado Alpamayo
- ^ a b "Nevado Alpamayo". Inventario Turístico del Perú (in Spanish). MINCETUR. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ^ homepage.ntlworld.com/robert_beer Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Robert Beér, Armando Muyolema, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilar, Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino - castellano - English, Brighton 2006
- ^ "babylon.com". Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
- ^ Hibbert, Ian (2015). Alpamayo to Everest: It's Not About the Summit. Lulu Press. ISBN 9781483440736.