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Santa Cruz (mountain)

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Elevation
  
6,259 m (20,535 ft)

Location
  
Ancash, Peru

Santa Cruz (mountain)

Parent range
  
Cordillera Blanca, Andes

First ascent
  
20 July 1948 by Frédéric Marmillod and Ali Szepessy-Schaurek

Santa Cruz, Pucaraju, Pukaraju (possibly from Quechua puka red, rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow, "snow-covered red mountain") or Pico de Huaylas (Spanish for "peak of Huaylas") is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru; within Santa Cruz District, Huaylas Province, Ancash. It has a height of 6,259 metres (20,535 ft), although other maps cite a height of 6,241 metres (20,476 ft).

Map of Santa Cruz Mountains, California 95037, USA

References

Santa Cruz (mountain) Wikipedia