Hualcán
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Hualcán (also called Rajopaquinan) (possibly from Quechua wallqa, walqa, -n a suffix) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in Ancash, between Chacas (in Asunción Province) and Carhuaz (Carhuaz Province) districts. Hualcán lies south-east of Chequiaraju. Its territory is within the Peruvian protection area of Huascarán National Park and it's on the border of two provinces: Asuncion and Carhuaz. Cities of Chacas and Carhuaz.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Hualcán
- Mountain.other_name
- Rajopaquinan
- Mountain.photo
- Hualcan1.jpg
- Mountain.map
- Peru
- Mountain.map_caption
- Peru
- Mountain.location
- Ancash, Peru
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 6165
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Huascaran
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 2912
- Mountain.range
- Andes, Cordillera Blanca
- Mountain.first_ascent
- August 1939 via South Ridge by Karl Schmid and Siegfried Rohrer (Germany) S. flank-1979.
- Mountain.map_size
- 240
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Peru
- Located in
- Áncash Department
- Continent
- Americas
- Elevation
- 6125
- Image
- Hualcan Noreste.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hualcán
- mountain range
- Andes
- located in protected area
- Huascarán National Park
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Encyclopedic overview
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- First Ascent
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Hualcán (also called Rajopaquinan) (possibly from Quechua wallqa, walqa, -n a suffix) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in Ancash, between Chacas (in Asunción Province) and Carhuaz (Carhuaz Province) districts. Hualcán lies south-east of Chequiaraju. Its territory is within the Peruvian protection area of Huascarán National Park and it's on the border of two provinces: Asuncion and Carhuaz. Cities of Chacas and Carhuaz.
== First Ascent == Hualcan was first climbed by Karl Schmid and Siegfried Rohrer (Germany) in August 1939.
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