Pucajirca
Sign in to saveleft|thumb|Pucajirca (in the distance) from the south Pucajirca or Pucahirca (possibly from Quechua puka red, Ancash Quechua hirka mountain, "red mountain") is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 6,046 m (19,836 ft) high. It is located in the Ancash Region, Pomabamba Province, Pomabamba District (Pucajirca Norte) as well as in the Huaylas Province, Yuracmarca District (Pucajirca Central) north of Rinrijirca. Its slopes are within Huascarán National Park.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Pucajirca
- Mountain.photo
- Arhuay Glacier.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Pucajirca Oeste (on the left), Rinrijirca (middle-left) and Curuicashajana (on the right) behind the Arhuay Glacier and Arhuaycocha
- Mountain.map
- Peru
- Mountain.map_caption
- Peru
- Mountain.location
- Peru, Ancash Region
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 6046
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Santa Cruz (mountain)
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 846
- Mountain.range
- Andes, Cordillera Blanca
- Mountain.first_ascent
- Pucajirca Oeste: 1930s, Erwin Schneider. Pucajirca Norte: July 14, 1955, Nick Clinch and Andrew Kauffman; July 16, 1955, Harvey McMannis and David Sowles.
- Mountain.map_size
- 200
- Mountain.photo_size
- 200
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Peru
- Located in
- Áncash Department
- Elevation
- 6046
- Image
- Arhuay Glacier.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- mountain range
- Cordillera Blanca
- located in/on physical feature
- Andes
- located in protected area
- Huascarán National Park
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Encyclopedic overview
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- First Ascent
- See also
- References
left|thumb|Pucajirca (in the distance) from the south Pucajirca or Pucahirca (possibly from Quechua puka red, Ancash Quechua hirka mountain, "red mountain") is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 6,046 m (19,836 ft) high. It is located in the Ancash Region, Pomabamba Province, Pomabamba District (Pucajirca Norte) as well as in the Huaylas Province, Yuracmarca District (Pucajirca Central) north of Rinrijirca. Its slopes are within Huascarán National Park.
The mountain has three separate and independent summits: Pucajirca Norte (6,046 m), Central (6,014 m) and Oeste (6,039 m). The current DEM data has no enough evidence to confirm its official altitude.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pucajirca” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations