Hualcán
Hualcán is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 6,165 metres high. It is located in Ancash, between Chacas and Carhuaz districts.Photo: Ondando, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 6,122 metres
- Description: mountain in Peru
- Also known as: “Hualcan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chequiacocha and Lake Auquiscocha.
Chequiacocha
Lake
Chequiacocha is a lake in Peru located in the Ancash Region, Carhuaz Province, Shilla District. Chequiacocha is situated at the very end of the Auquiscocha ravine, between the mountain Chequiaraju in the northwest and the Hualcán in the southeast, south of Huallcacocha and northeast of Auquiscocha.
Lake Auquiscocha
Lake
Photo: Ondando, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lake Auquiscocha or Auquishcocha is a lake in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru located in the Ancash Region, Carhuaz Province, Shilla District.
Hualcán
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Chacas District, Asunción Province, Ancash, Peru, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-9.2032° or 9° 12′ 11″ southLongitude
-77.5189° or 77° 31′ 8″ westElevation
6,122 metres (20,085 feet)Open location code
6724QFWJ+PCOpenStreetMap ID
node 805882984OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q3787365
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Hualcán” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Hualcán”
- Chinese: “瓦爾坎山”
- Dutch: “Hualcán”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل هوالكان”
- French: “Hualcán”
- Italian: “Hualcán”
- Ladin: “Hualcán”
- Lithuanian: “Hualkanas”
- Persian: “هوالکان”
- Quechua: “Hualcán”
- Quechua: “Laguna 513”
- Quechua: “Laguna cochka”
- Quechua: “Laguna rajupakinan”
- Quechua: “Wallqan”
- Spanish: “Hualcan”
- Spanish: “Hualcán”
- Spanish: “Nevado Hualcan”
- Spanish: “Nevado Hualcán”
- Venetian: “Hualcán”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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