Rasac
Sign in to saveRasac (possibly Quechua for toad) is a mountain in the Huayhuash mountain range in west central Peru, part of the Andes. It has a summit elevation of , although other sources cite a height of . Rasac is a long, relatively squat mountain on the western edge of the Huayhuash range, across the glacier from the tallest peak in the range, Yerupajá. Although it is a 6,000 metre mountain, Rasac's broad profile is dwarfed by Yerupajá.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Rasac
- Mountain.photo
- Rasac_South_Face.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- South face of Rasac, July 2010
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 6017
- Mountain.range
- Andes, Huayhuash
- Mountain.location
- Peru
- Mountain.map
- Peru
- Mountain.map_size
- 200
- Mountain.label_position
- left
- Mountain.first_ascent
- unknown
- Mountain.easiest_route
- glacier/snow/ice climb
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Peru
- Located in
- Lima Department
- Elevation
- 6017
- Image
- Rasac South Face.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- mountain range
- Cordillera Huayhuash
- different from
- Rask
- located in protected area
- Cordillera Huayhuash Reserved Zone
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Geology
- Climbing
- External links
- References
Rasac (possibly Quechua for toad) is a mountain in the Huayhuash mountain range in west central Peru, part of the Andes. It has a summit elevation of , although other sources cite a height of . Rasac is a long, relatively squat mountain on the western edge of the Huayhuash range, across the glacier from the tallest peak in the range, Yerupajá. Although it is a 6,000 metre mountain, Rasac's broad profile is dwarfed by Yerupajá.
==Geology==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rasac” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations