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Huallanca (mountain)

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Location
  
Peru, Ancash Region

Elevation
  
5,470 m

First ascent
  
1968

Range
  
Huallanca mountain range

Huallanca (mountain)

Parent range
  
Huallanca mountain range

Huallanca or Wallanka (Quechua for "mountain range" and a cactus plant (Opuntia subulata), hispanicized spelling Huallanca), also known as Burro (Spanish for "donkey"), is a 5,470 m (17,950 ft)) high mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is the highest peak in the Wallanka mountain range. Wallanka is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, in the districts of Aquia and Huallanca. It is situated in the northern half of the range, southeast of the Yanashallash pass and the peaks of Tankan, Ch'uspi and Tankanqucha. Kuntur Wayi lies southwest of it. Winchus 4,795 m (15,732 ft)) is the peak west of Wallanka at the Tuna Kancha valley.

Map of Wallanka, Peru

References

Huallanca (mountain) Wikipedia