{{short description|Mountain in Peru}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Copa | elevation_ref = | age = | type = | range_coordinates = | range = Cordillera Blanca, Andes | pronunciation = | language = | translation = | listing = | parent_peak = Hualcan | elevation_m = 6188 | other_name = Copa Grande, Pamparaju, Chucushcaraju or Carhuacatac | prominence_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.andes-specialists.com/copa-copa-grande-pamparaju-6160|title=Copa / Copa Grande / Pamparaju|website=Andes Specialists|language=en|access-date=2020-04-12}}</ref> | prominence_m = 2907 | coordinates = {{coord|9|16|12.68|S|077|28|51.24|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | map_caption = Peru | map = Peru | image_caption = | image_alt = | native_name_lang = | native_name = | image = Peru 2010.jpg | first_ascent = 09/26/1932 - Erwin Hein and Erwin Schneider (Austria)<ref name="ReferenceB">{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=Deutsch-Österreichische Alpenvereins expeditionen in den Peruanischen Anden|publisher=|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref><ref>Neate, Jill (1994). Mountaineering in the Andes. RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition</ref> }}'''Nevado Copa'''<ref name="mincetur" /><ref>{{Cite book|title=Peru 1:100 000, Carhuás (19-h)|publisher=IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú)}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> (possibly from ''qupa,'' a Quechua word for the mineral turquoise and the turquoise color<ref name="laime">Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)</ref>) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru whose summit reaches about {{convert|6188|m|ft|0}} above sea level. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District, and in the Carhuaz Province, Marcará District, south-east of Hualcán.<ref name="map">escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Asunción Province (Ancash Region)</ref> Its territory is within the Peruvian protection area of Huascarán National Park and is part of the Cordillera Blanca.
Lake Allicocha lies south-east of Copa while Lake Lejiacocha is located to the south-west of the mountain.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Alpenvereinskarte 0/3a. Cordillera Blanca Nord (Peru). 1:100 000|publisher=Oesterreichischer Alpenverein|year=2005|isbn=3-928777-57-2}}</ref> Legiamayo River originates from mount Copa, in the area nearby Lake Lejiacocha.<ref name=":0" />
== Alternative names == Copa is also named '''Chucushcaraju'''<ref name="mincetur">{{cite web|url=http://ficha.sigmincetur.mincetur.gob.pe/index.aspx?cod_Ficha=1450|title=Nevado Copa|publisher=mincetur|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|access-date=May 6, 2014}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> (possibly from Quechua ''chukuy'' to make someone put a headdress on / crouch, bend down, ''-sqa'' a suffix, ''rahu'' snow, ice, mountain with snow,<ref name=laime/><ref name="ReferenceA">Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://traductor.babylon.com/quechua/a-ingles/rahu/ |title=babylon.com |access-date=2014-05-06 |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> "headdressed mountain with snow" or "crouched mountain with snow"), '''Pamparaju'''<ref>John F. Ricker, Yuraq Janka: A Guide to the Peruvian Andes</ref> (possibly from Quechua ''pampa'' a large plain,<ref name=laime/> "plain mountain with snow") or '''Carhuacatac'''<ref>{{Cite book|title=Andinismo en la Cordillera Blanca|last=Morales Arnao|first=Cesar|publisher=Ediciones Turismo Andino|year=1968|pages=47}}</ref> (possibly from Quechua ''qarwa'' leaf worm, larva of a beetle / pale / yellowish / golden, ''qataq'' someone who covers someone or something with a blanket, ''t'aqaq'' sower).<ref name="laime"/><ref name="ReferenceA"/>
== First Ascent == Copa was first climbed by Erwin Hein and Erwin Schneider (Austria) 26 September 1932.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=Deutsch-Österreichische Alpenvereins expeditionen in den Peruanischen Anden|publisher=|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref>
== Elevation == Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM yields 6130 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> ASTER 6139 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> and TanDEM-X 6089 metres.<ref>{{cite web|last1=TanDEM-X|first1=TerraSAR-X|title=Copernicus Space Component Data Access|url=https://spacedata.copernicus.eu/web/cscda/missions/tandem-x|accessdate=12 April 2020|archive-date=12 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412222329/https://spacedata.copernicus.eu/web/cscda/missions/tandem-x|url-status=dead}}</ref> The height of the nearest key col is 3253 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 2907 meters.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Copa / Copa Grande / Pamparaju|url=http://www.andes-specialists.com/copa-copa-grande-pamparaju-6160|access-date=2020-04-12|website=Andes Specialists|language=en}}</ref> Copa 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 47.19%. Its parent peak is Hualcán and the Topographic isolation is 8.6 kilometers.<ref name=":1" />
== External links ==
* [http://www.andes-specialists.com/copa-copa-grande-pamparaju-6160 Elevation information about Copa] * [https://www.meteoguru.com/en/pro/surface/?latlon=-9.27019,-77.4809 Weather Forecast at Copa]
== References == {{reflist}}
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