Chinchey
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Chinchey, also known as Rurichinchay, is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the region of Ancash, most precisely between the districts of Aco (in Carhuaz Province), Independencia (in Huaraz Province), and Huari (in Huari Province).
Key facts
- Mountain.map
- Peru
- Mountain.name
- Chinchey
- Mountain.photo
- perillaerea.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Aerial view of the Cordillera Blanca as seen from the southeast showing Ranrapalca and Chinchey in the left part of the image
- Mountain.map_caption
- Peru
- Mountain.location
- Ancash, Peru
- Mountain.label_position
- right
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 6309
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 1342
- Mountain.listing
- List of mountains in the Andes
- Mountain.range
- Cordillera Blanca
- Mountain.other_name
- Rurichinchay
- Mountain.map_size
- 200
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Peru
- Located in
- Áncash Department
- Elevation
- 6309
- Material used
- granite
- Image
- Perillaerea.jpg
- Significant event
- first ascent
Show 3 more facts
- located in protected area
- Huascarán National Park
- mountain range
- Cordillera Blanca
- located in/on physical feature
- Andes
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Encyclopedic overview
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- See also
- References
Chinchey, also known as Rurichinchay, is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the region of Ancash, most precisely between the districts of Aco (in Carhuaz Province), Independencia (in Huaraz Province), and Huari (in Huari Province).
Rurichinchay is also the name of the lake northeast of the mountain at and the name of the river which originates at the lake. It flows to the southeast.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chinchey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
4 mapped locations