Santa Cruz (mountain)

This article is about the mountain in Santa Cruz District, Huaylas Province, Ancash, Peru. For other uses, see Pukarahu (disambiguation).
Santa Cruz
Pucaraju
West face.
Highest point
Elevation6,259 m (20,535 ft)[1]
Coordinates8°53′39″S 77°42′30″W / 8.89429°S 77.7083°W / -8.89429; -77.7083
Geography
Santa Cruz is located in Peru
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Peru
LocationAncash, Peru
Parent rangeCordillera Blanca, Andes
Climbing
First ascent20 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]

  1. ^ a b c d e Ricker, John (1977). Yuraq Janka: A Guide to the Peruvian Andes. The Mountaineers Books. pp. 60–61. ISBN 9781933056708.
  2. ^ a b c Alpenvereinskarte 0/3a. Cordillera Blanca Nord (Peru). 1:100 000. Oesterreichischer Alpenverein. 2005. ISBN 3-928777-57-2.
  3. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b "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