Pucajirca

Pucajirca

Pucajirca

Mountain in Peru

This article is about the mountain in the provinces of Huaylas and Pomabamba, Ancash Region, Peru. For other uses, see Puka Hirka (disambiguation).

Pucajirca[2][3] or Pucahirca[3] (possibly from Quechua puka red, Ancash Quechua hirka mountain,[4] "red mountain") is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 6,046 m (19,836 ft) high.[2][3] It is located in the Ancash Region, Pomabamba Province, Pomabamba District (Pucajirca Norte) as well as in the Huaylas Province, Yuracmarca District (Pucajirca Central)[5] north of Rinrijirca.[2] Its slopes are within Huascarán National Park.[6]

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Pucajirca (in the distance) from the south

The mountain has three separate and independent summits: Pucajirca Norte (6,046 m), Central (6,014 m) and Oeste (6,039 m).[2] The current DEM data has no enough evidence to confirm its official altitude.[7]

First Ascent

The summit of Pucajirca Norte was first achieved on July 14, 1955, by Nick Clinch and Andrew Kauffman II (USA), also two days later by Harvey McMannis and David Sowles (USA).[8][9][10] Erwin Schneider summited Pucajirca Oeste in the 1930s.[10]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Pucajirca". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  2. [2]
    Alpenvereinskarte 0/3a. Cordillera Blanca Nord (Peru). 1:100 000. Oesterreichischer Alpenverein. 2005. ISBN 3-928777-57-2.
  3. [3]
    Biggar, John (2020). The Andes: A Guide for Climbers and Skiers. Andes. p. 78. ISBN 9780953608768.
  4. [4]
    "Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino - castellano - English, Brighton 2006" (PDF). Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
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    escale.minedu.gob.pe - Map of the Huaylas Province
  6. [6]
    PERU, Autor: GEO GPS. "Base de datos Perú - Shapefile - *.shp - MINAM - IGN - Límites Políticos". Retrieved 2020-04-30.
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    "Pucajirca". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  8. [8]
    "AAJ". AAJ. 1956.
  9. [9]
    Harvey N. Platts. Nevado Pucahirca.
  10. [10]
    "Nevado Pucahirca - AAC Publications - Search The American Alpine Journal and Accidents". publications.americanalpineclub.org. Retrieved 2018-07-20.


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