Uruashraju | |
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Verdecocha | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,722 m (18,773 ft) |
Coordinates | 9°34′39″S 77°18′44″W / 9.57750°S 77.31222°W |
Geography | |
Location | Peru, Ancash Region |
Parent range | Andes |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1-1966 via W. ridge, S. buttress: S. ridge-1975: N.W. face-1982. [1] |
Uruashraju [2] [3] (possibly from the regional Quechua spelling, urwa infertile, sterile; corn plant without corncob used as fodder, [4] rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow) [5] or Verdecocha [6] (possibly from Spanish verde green, Quechua qucha lake, "green lake") is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca of the Andes of Peru, about 5,722 metres (18,773 ft) high. [2] [6] It is located in the Ancash Region, Huaraz Province, Olleros District, and in the Huari Province, Chavín de Huantar District. [7] Uruashraju lies south of Huantsán, east of Cashán and Shacsha, and southeast of Lake Tararhua [2] (Lake Verdecocha). [6]
Uruashraju | |
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Verdecocha | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,722 m (18,773 ft) |
Coordinates | 9°34′39″S 77°18′44″W / 9.57750°S 77.31222°W |
Geography | |
Location | Peru, Ancash Region |
Parent range | Andes |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1-1966 via W. ridge, S. buttress: S. ridge-1975: N.W. face-1982. [1] |
Uruashraju [2] [3] (possibly from the regional Quechua spelling, urwa infertile, sterile; corn plant without corncob used as fodder, [4] rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow) [5] or Verdecocha [6] (possibly from Spanish verde green, Quechua qucha lake, "green lake") is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca of the Andes of Peru, about 5,722 metres (18,773 ft) high. [2] [6] It is located in the Ancash Region, Huaraz Province, Olleros District, and in the Huari Province, Chavín de Huantar District. [7] Uruashraju lies south of Huantsán, east of Cashán and Shacsha, and southeast of Lake Tararhua [2] (Lake Verdecocha). [6]