Pucaraju (Ticapampa)
| Pucaraju | |
|---|---|
| Tunsho, Pucarajo | |
 Lake Querococha and Mount Pucaraju (center-left) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,346 m (17,539 ft) |
| Coordinates | 9°40′30″S 77°18′35″W / 9.67500°S 77.30972°W |
| Geography | |
  Pucaraju Peru | |
| Location | Ancash, Peru |
| Parent range | Cordillera Blanca |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1-1967 via S.face: N.W. ridge-1973.[1] |
PucarajuAncash Region, Recuay Province, Ticapampa District.[5] Pucaraju lies west of Yanamarey and northeast of Lake Querococha.[2]
The IGN-Peru map, cites the main peak as Tunsho, while applying the name Pucarajo to the southern slopes.[6]
Sources
- ^ a b c Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994: "Yanamarey Group: Pucaraju 5346m: 1-1967 via S.face: N.W. ridge-1973."
- ^ ISBN 3-937530-05-3.
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
- ^ "babylon.com". Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
- ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yungas Province (Ancash Region) showing the location of Pucarahu (unnamed) northeast of the mountain labelled "Cerro Pucaraju" and northeast of the lake Qiruqucha
- ^ Peru 1:100 000, Recuay (20-i). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).