Hualcán

{{short description|Mountain in Peru}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Hualcán | other_name = Rajopaquinan | image = Hualcan1.jpg | image_caption = | map = Peru | map_caption = Peru | location = Ancash, Peru | label_position = | coordinates = {{coord|9|12|09.89|S|077|31|08.75|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | elevation_m = 6165 | elevation_ref = | parent_peak = Huascaran | prominence_m = 2912 | prominence_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.andes-specialists.com/hualcan-rajopaquinan-6165|title=Hualcan / Rajopaquinan|website=Andes Specialists|language=en|access-date=2020-04-12}}</ref> | listing = | range = Andes, Cordillera Blanca | topo = | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | type = | age = | first_ascent = August 1939 via South Ridge by Karl Schmid and Siegfried Rohrer (Germany)<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=Deutsch-Österreichische Alpenvereins expeditionen in den Peruanischen Anden|publisher=|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref><ref name="AAJ American Alpine Journal">{{Cite journal|last=|first=|date=1941|title=AAJ (American Alpine Journal)|url=|journal=AAJ (American Alpine Journal)|volume=|pages=157|via=}}</ref><br> S. flank-1979.<ref>Neate, Jill (1994). Mountaineering in the Andes. RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition</ref> | easiest_route = | map_size = 240 }} '''Hualcán'''<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><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Peru 1:100 000, Carhuás (19-h)|publisher=IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Alpenvereinskarte 0/3a. Cordillera Blanca Nord (Peru). 1:100 000|publisher=Oesterreichischer Alpenverein|year=2005|isbn=3-928777-57-2}}</ref> (also called Rajopaquinan) (possibly from Quechua ''wallqa, walqa'',<ref>Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): '''''wallqa''''' - ''s. Collar. Adorno que se lleva alrededor del cuello.''</ref><ref>Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005: '''''walqa''''' - ''s. Collar, collarín. || Colgandijo de oro y piedras preciosas, como la turquesa y otros, usado por la nobleza inka. || Bolsa colgante al hombro. SINÓN: wallqha, walqha. Bol: Sarta de cuentas, collar o cadena. Ec: wallka.''</ref> ''-n'' a suffix) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about {{convert|6165|m|ft|0}} high.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> It is located in Ancash, between Chacas (in Asunción Province) and Carhuaz (Carhuaz Province) districts.<ref>escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL Map of the Asunción Province (Ancash Region)</ref> Hualcán lies south-east of Chequiaraju.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Biggar|first=John|title=The Andes a guide for climbers|date=2020|isbn=978-0-9536087-7-5|edition=5th|location=Castle Douglas, Scotland|oclc=1260820889}}</ref> Its territory is within the Peruvian protection area of Huascarán National Park and it's on the border of two provinces: Asuncion and Carhuaz. Cities of Chacas and Carhuaz.<ref>{{Cite web|last=PERU|first=Autor: GEO GPS|title=Base de datos Perú - Shapefile - *.shp - MINAM - IGN - Límites Políticos|url=https://www.geogpsperu.com/2014/03/base-de-datos-peru-shapefile-shp-minam.html|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref>

== First Ascent == Hualcan was first climbed by Karl Schmid and Siegfried Rohrer (Germany) in August 1939.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=Deutsch-Österreichische Alpenvereins expeditionen in den Peruanischen Anden|publisher=|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref><ref name="AAJ American Alpine Journal">{{Cite journal|last=|first=|date=1941|title=AAJ (American Alpine Journal)|url=|journal=AAJ (American Alpine Journal)|volume=|pages=157|via=}}</ref>

== Elevation == Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM yields 6157 metres<ref>{{cite web|last1=USGS|first1=EROS Archive|title=USGS EROS Archive - Digital Elevation - SRTM Coverage Maps|url=https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/science/usgs-eros-archive-digital-elevation-srtm-coverage-maps?qt-science_center_objects=4#qt-science_center_objects|accessdate=12 April 2020}}</ref> and ASTER 6157 metres.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ASTER GDEM Project|url=https://gbank.gsj.jp/madas/map/index.html|access-date=2020-04-14|website=ssl.jspacesystems.or.jp}}</ref> The height of the nearest key col is 3253 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 2912 meters.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Hualcan / Rajopaquinan|url=http://www.andes-specialists.com/hualcan-rajopaquinan-6165|access-date=2020-04-12|website=Andes Specialists|language=en}}</ref> Hualcan is considered a Mountain Sub-System according to the ''Dominance System'' <ref>{{Cite web|title=Dominance - Page 2|url=https://www.8000ers.com/cms/en/dominance-mainmenu-178.html?start=1|access-date=2020-04-12|website=www.8000ers.com}}</ref> and its dominance is 47.23%. Its parent peak is Huascaran Sur and the Topographic isolation is 13 kilometers.<ref name=":2" />

== External links ==

* [http://www.andes-specialists.com/hualcan-rajopaquinan-6165 Elevation information about Hualcan] * [https://www.meteoguru.com/en/pro/surface/?latlon=-9.20275,-77.5191 Weather Forecast at Hualcan]

==References== {{reflist}} {{commons category|Hualcán}}

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