Vallunaraju | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,686 m (18,655 ft) |
Coordinates | 9°25′20″S 77°27′23″W / 9.42222°S 77.45639°W |
Geography | |
Location | Ancash, Peru |
Parent range | Andes, Cordillera Blanca |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1949, A. and M. Szepessy |
Vallunaraju[1][2] or Wallunaraju[3][2] (possibly from Ancash Quechua walluy to cut,[4] wallu earless, someone whose ears are amputated[5] -na a nominalising suffix, Quechua rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow,[6]) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 5,686 metres (18,655 ft) high[3][1] and located in Huaraz Province, Ancash. Vallunaraju lies south west of Ranrapalca and Ocshapalca.