Chequiaraju

{{About||the mountain in the Ayacucho Region, Peru|Chiqllarasu{{!}}Chiqllarasu}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Chequiaraju | image = Auquiscocha - Chajiaco.jpg | image_caption = | map = Peru | map_caption = Peru | location = Ancash, Peru | label_position = | coordinates = {{coord|9|10|19|S|77|33|29|W|type:mountain_region:PE_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | elevation_m = 5286 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = | prominence_ref = | listing = | range = Andes, Cordillera Blanca | topo = | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | type = | age = | first_ascent = 1-1958 via N. side: E. side-1960: S.W. ridge-1971: S. side-1977: W. ridge & traverse over P.5130 to Pariaqaqa-1977.<ref>Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, 1994</ref> | easiest_route = | map_size = 240 }} '''Chequiaraju,'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.montanasperuanas.com/Chequiaraju.html|title=Chequiaraju|website=www.montanasperuanas.com|access-date=2016-07-19}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The Andes: A Guide for Climbers|last=Biggar|first=John|publisher=Andes|year=2005|isbn=9780953608720|pages=77}}</ref> '''Chequiarajo'','''''<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Peru 1:100 000, Carhuás (19-h)|publisher=IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú)}}</ref> or '''Checquiacraju'''<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Alpenvereinskarte 0/3a. Cordillera Blanca Nord (Peru). 1:100 000|publisher=Oesterreichischer Alpenverein|year=2005|isbn=3-928777-57-2}}</ref> (possibly from Quechua, ''chiqlla'' green,<ref>[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robert_beer/Vocabulario%20comparativo%20Quechua%20ecuator%20Quechua%20ancash%20-%2020%20Oct%2006.PDF Vocabulario comparativo quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino -- castellano - English] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095403/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robert_beer/Vocabulario%20comparativo%20Quechua%20ecuator%20Quechua%20ancash%20-%2020%20Oct%2006.PDF |date=March 4, 2016 }} (pdf) (5-vowel-system): ''cheqlla'' - green</ref> ''rahu'' snow, ice, mountain with snow)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://traductor.babylon.com/quechua/a-ingles/rahu/# |title=babylon.com |access-date=2013-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229085317/http://traductor.babylon.com/quechua/a-ingles/rahu/# |archive-date=2014-12-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru,<ref name=":2" /> about {{convert|5286|m|ft|0}} high.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> It is situated in the Ancash Region, Carhuaz Province, Shilla District.<ref>escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL Map of the Carhuaz Province (Ancash Region)</ref> Chequiaraju lies northwest of Hualcán and the lake Chiqllaqucha.<ref name=":1" />

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