Palcaraju
Sign in to savePalcaraju (from Quechua ''pallqa, p'allqa, p'alqa forked, branched, fork, rahu'' snow, ice, mountain with snow,) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range in the region of Ancash within the Peruvian Andes. It has an elevation of on its main summit.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Palcaraju
- Mountain.photo
- Lago Palcacocha 2002.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Lake Palcacocha with lower slopes of Palcaraju (left) and Pucaranra (right).
- Mountain.map
- Peru
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Peru
- Mountain.location
- Ancash, Peru
- Mountain.label_position
- top
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 6274
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 714
- Mountain.range
- Andes, Cordillera Blanca
- Mountain.first_ascent
- 1939
- Mountain.map_size
- 220
- Mountain.photo_size
- 220
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Peru
- Located in
- Áncash Department
- Elevation
- 6274
- Image
- Lago Palcacocha 1939.jpg
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- located in protected area
- Huascarán National Park
- mountain range
- Cordillera Blanca
- Commons category
- Palcaraju
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Palcaraju (from Quechua ''pallqa, p'allqa, p'alqa forked, branched, fork, rahu'' snow, ice, mountain with snow,) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range in the region of Ancash within the Peruvian Andes. It has an elevation of on its main summit.
Palcaraju has three peaks: Palcaraju (), Palcaraju Oeste and Palcaraju Sur .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Palcaraju” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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