Rahu Qulluta

This article is about the mountain in the Ancash Region and in the Lima Region, Peru. For other uses, see Suyruqucha.
Rahu Qulluta
Suyruqucha, Diablo Mudo

Waywash mountain range with Yerupaja (center-left) and the sub-range west of it (on the right). Rahu Qulluta is visible on the right.
Highest point
Elevation 5,427 m (17,805 ft) [1]
Listing List of mountains in Peru
Coordinates 10°17′50″S 76°58′50″W / 10.29722°S 76.98056°W / -10.29722; -76.98056Coordinates: 10°17′50″S 76°58′50″W / 10.29722°S 76.98056°W / -10.29722; -76.98056
Geography
Rahu Qulluta

Peru

Location Peru, Ancash Region, Lima Region
Parent range Andes, Waywash
Climbing
First ascent 1-1964[1]

Rahu Qulluta (Quechua rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow,[2] qulluta, kalluta mortar, hispanicized spellings Rajucollota, Raju Collota), Suyruqucha[3] (Quechua suyru very long dress tracked after when worn, qucha lake,[4] hispanicized Suerococha), named after the nearby lake, or Diablo Mudo (Spanish for "dumb devil") is a mountain in the west of the Waywash mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,427 metres (17,805 ft) high. It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Pacllon District, and in the Lima Region, Cajatambo Province, Copa District.[5] Rahu Qulluta lies on a sub-range west of Yerupaja, west of the mountain Wakrish, northwest of the mountain Awkillu and north of the lake Suyruqucha (Suerococha).

Waywash mountain range from space, looking to the northeast. Yerupaja and Siula Grande are in the centre. Rahu Qulluta lies almost at the end of the sub-range in the foreground.

References

  1. 1 2 Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate Peru RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994
  2. ↑ babylon.com
  3. ↑ John Biggar, The Andes: A Guide for Climbers, p. 98
  4. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  5. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Lima Region)]
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