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,^[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]

Santa Cruz
Pucaraju
West face.
Highest point
Elevation	6,259 m (20,535 ft)[1]
Coordinates	8°53′39″S 77°42′30″W
Geography
Santa Cruz Peru
Location	Ancash, Peru
Parent range	Cordillera Blanca, Andes
Climbing
First ascent	20 July 1948 by Frédéric Marmillod and Ali Szepessy-Schaurek

See also

• Lake Atuncocha
• Caraz
• Taulliraju

References

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