Ranrapalca | |
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![]() Ranrapalca (on the left) and Ocshapalca (on the right) as seen from the north-east (near the Ishinca glacier) | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 6,162 m (20,217 ft) |
Prominence | 2,909 m (9,544 ft)[1] |
Parent peak | Chinchey |
Coordinates | 9°24′39.27″S 077°25′00.12″W / 9.4109083°S 77.4167000°W |
Geography | |
Location | Ancash, Peru |
Parent range | Andes, Cordillera Blanca |
Climbing | |
First ascent | Northeast ridge 06/25/1939 - Hans Schweizer, Karl Schmid, Siegfried Rohrer and Walter Brecht (Germany)[2][3][4] |
Ranrapalca[5][6] (possibly from Quechua ranra stony, pallqa bifurcation, division into two parts)[citation needed] is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca range in the Andes of Peru. It has an elevation of 6,162 m (20,217 ft).[6] It is located in the region of Ancash, east of Ocshapalca. Its territory is within Huascarán National Park, province of Huaraz, within the territory of the local communes Independencia and Tarica.[7]