{{short description|Mountain in Peru}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Palcaraju | image = Lago Palcacocha 2002.jpg | image_caption = Lake Palcacocha with lower slopes of Palcaraju (left) and Pucaranra (right). | map = Peru | map_caption = Location in Peru | location = Ancash, Peru | label_position = top | coordinates = {{coord|09|22|06|S|77|22|15|W|type:mountain_region:PE_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | elevation_m = 6274 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 714 | prominence_ref = | listing = | range = Andes, Cordillera Blanca | topo = | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | type = | age = | last_eruption = | first_ascent = 1939 | easiest_route = | map_size = 220 | image_size = 220 }} '''Palcaraju'''<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|title=The Andes: A Guide for Climbers and Skiers|last=Biggar|first=John|date=2020|publisher=Andes|isbn=9780953608768|pages=97|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Alpenvereinskarte 0/3a. Cordillera Blanca Nord (Peru). 1:100 000|publisher=Oesterreichischer Alpenverein|year=2005|isbn=3928777572}}</ref> (from Quechua ''pallqa, p'allqa, p'alqa'' forked, branched, fork,<ref>Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): '''''pallqa''''', ''P'ALLQA'' - ''adj. Bifurcado, ahorquillado.'' '''''pallqa.''''' - ''s. Bifurcación. Punto donde se separan dos o más vías o caminos.''</ref><ref>Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005: '''''p'alqa''''' - ''s. Bifurcación, desvío, final en V. de una rama de árbol. EJEM: p'alqa k'aspi, rama de árbol que termina en V. SINÓN: tanka. Pe.Aya: pallja. Pe.Jun: palja. Ec: pallka.''</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mincetur.gob.pe/TURISMO/OTROS/inventario%20turistico/Ficha.asp?cod_Ficha=3103|title=Nevado Palcaraju|website=Inventario Turístico del Perú|publisher=MINCETUR|language=es|access-date=2016-06-04|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095845/http://www.mincetur.gob.pe/TURISMO/OTROS/inventario%20turistico/Ficha.asp?cod_Ficha=3103|archive-date=2016-03-04}}</ref> ''rahu'' snow, ice, mountain with snow,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://traductor.babylon.com/quechua/a-ingles/rahu/ |title=babylon.com |access-date=2013-04-19 |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><ref name=":0" />) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range in the region of Ancash within the Peruvian Andes. It has an elevation of {{convert|6274|m|ft|0}} on its main summit.<ref name=":1" />
Palcaraju has three peaks: Palcaraju ({{convert|6274|m|ft|0}}), Palcaraju Oeste {{convert|6110|m|ft|0}} and Palcaraju Sur {{convert|6274|m|ft|0}}.<ref name=":0" />
In July 2012, two American climbers, Ben Horne and Gil Weiss, died on the way back down, after scaling the south face of Palcaraju W.<ref>{{cite web| title= 2 American climbers found dead in Peruvian mountains |first=Marilia|last= Brocchetto| url= http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/28/world/americas/peru-climber-deaths | date= July 28, 2012| access-date=2012-07-29}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Palcaraju}} Category:Mountains of the Department of Ancash Category:Six-thousanders of the Andes