Palcaraju
Palcaraju is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range in the region of Ancash within the Peruvian Andes. It has an elevation of 6,274 metres on its main summit.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pucaranra and Tocllaraju.
Pucaranra
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pucaranra is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 6,147 metres high (although other sources cite an elevation of 6,156 metres.
Tocllaraju
Peak
Photo: Interisti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tocllaraju is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 6,034 m high. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Carhuaz Province, Aco District, and in the Huaraz Province, Tarica District.
Lake Palcacocha
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Palcacocha is a glacier lake in the Andes mountain range of South America in northwestern Peru located in the Ancash Region, Huaraz Province.
Palcaraju
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 6,190 metres
- Description: mountain in Peru
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Huaraz Province, Ancash, Peru, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-9.3677° or 9° 22′ 4″ southLongitude
-77.3708° or 77° 22′ 15″ westElevation
6,190 metres (20,308 feet)Open location code
6724JJJH+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 786998062OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q1284508
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Satellite Map
Discover Palcaraju from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Palcaraju” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Palcaraju”
- Chinese: “帕爾卡拉胡山”
- Czech: “Palcaraju”
- Dutch: “Palcaraju”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پالكاراچو”
- French: “Palcaraju”
- German: “Palcaraju”
- Indonesian: “Palcaraju”
- Italian: “Palcaraju”
- Ladin: “Palcaraju”
- Lithuanian: “Palkarachu”
- Persian: “پالکاراجو”
- Quechua: “Pallqarahu”
- Quechua: “Pallqarasu”
- Slovak: “Palcaraju”
- Spanish: “Palcaraju”
- Venetian: “Palcaraju”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Juitush and Honcopampa.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Palcaraju Este and Palcaraju Oeste.
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