Ancash
Huaylas Province
Santa Cruz District

Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, Pucaraju, Pukaraju or Pico de Huaylas is a mountain in the in the of ; within , Huaylas Province, Ancash. It has a height of 6,259 metres, although other maps cite a height of 6,241 metres.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 6,241 metres
  • Description: mountain in Peru
  • Also known as: “Pico de Huaylas”, “Pucaraju”, and “Pukaraju”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yuraqqucha.

is a lake in the in the of . It is situated at a height of 4,618 m comprising an area of 0.287268 km2. Pukaqucha is located in the Ancash Region, Huaylas Province, , northwest of the peak of Pukarahu.

Santa Cruz

Latitude
-8.89428° or 8° 53′ 39″ south
Longitude
-77.70907° or 77° 42′ 33″ west
Elevation
6,241 metres (20,476 feet)
Open location code
6734474R+79
Open­Street­Map ID
node 805889277
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
7648374
Wiki­data ID
Q3875091
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Venetian—“Santa Cruz” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Cerro Santa Cruz”
  • Catalan: “Santa Cruz”
  • Chinese: “普卡拉胡山”
  • Dutch: “Santa Cruz”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل سانتا كروز”
  • French: “nevado Santa Cruz”
  • French: “Santa Cruz”
  • German: “Nevado Santa Cruz”
  • German: “Santa Cruz”
  • Italian: “Nevado Santa Cruz”
  • Italian: “Santa Cruz”
  • Ladin: “Santa Cruz”
  • Lithuanian: “Pukarachu”
  • Lithuanian: “Santa Cruz”
  • Portuguese: “Santa Cruz”
  • Quechua: “Pukarahu”
  • Spanish: “nevado Santa Cruz”
  • Spanish: “Pico de Huaylas”
  • Spanish: “Pucaraju”
  • Spanish: “Pukaraju”
  • Spanish: “Santa Cruz”
  • Venetian: “Santa Cruz”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Santa Cruz”. Photo: Edubucher, CC BY-SA 3.0.