{{short description|Mountain in Peru}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Queshque | image = | image_caption = | map = Peru | map_caption = Peru | location = Peru, Ancash Region | label_position = | coordinates = {{coord|9|46|28|S|77|14|51|W|type:mountain_region:PE_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | elevation_m = 5630 | elevation_ref = <ref name=":02" /> | prominence_m = | prominence_ref = | listing = | range = Andes, Cordillera Blanca | topo = | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | type = | age = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = | other_name='''Gueshgue''', '''Pongos''' | map_size = 200 }} '''Queshque'''<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=Stansell|first=Nathan D.|last2=Rodbell|first2=Donald T.|last3=Abbott|first3=Mark B.|last4=Mark|first4=Bryan G.|date=2013|title=Proglacial lake sediment records of Holocene climate change in the western Cordillera of Peru|journal=Quaternary Science Reviews|volume=70|pages=1–14|doi=10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.03.003}}</ref> (possibly from Quechua for a type of bromeliad<ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/New+localities+and+taxonomic+synopsis+of+Puya+mima+%28Bromeliaceae%29,+a...-a0248734312 thefreelibrary.com] New localities and taxonomic synopsis of Puya mima (Bromeliaceae), a charismatic and important Puya from Central Peru.: "... . Local people of this valley call it "queshque blanco", or the white Puya. ..."</ref>), or '''Gueshgue'''<ref name=":02">{{Cite book|title=Peru 1:100 000, Recuay (20-i)|publisher=IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú)}}</ref> is a {{convert|5630|m|ft|0|adj=mid|-high}}<ref name=":02" /> mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Huari Province, Chavín de Huantar District, and in the Recuay Province, Catac District.

The volume of mass loss of the three glaciers of Queshque has been documented recently.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Mark|first=Bryan G.|last2=Seltzer|first2=Geoffrey O.|date=2005|title=Evaluation of recent glacier recession in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru (AD 1962–1999): spatial distribution of mass loss and climatic forcing|journal=Quaternary Science Reviews|volume=24|issue=20–21|pages=2265–2280|doi=10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.01.003}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> The glaciers feed Lake Qishqiqucha via the Tranca Ruri river.<ref name=":02" />

The Austrian Alpine Club (OeAV) survey map represents Queshque as comprising three peaks with a different name each: Shahuanca, Jatunllacsa (the highest peak) and Gueshgue.<ref name=":03">{{Cite book|title=Alpenvereinskarte 0/3b. Cordillera Blanca Süd (Peru). 1:100 000|publisher=Oesterreichischer Alpenverein|year=2005|isbn=978-3-937530-05-5}}</ref> However, tourist maps of Cordillera Blanca show this mountain with the name of Pongos.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Carta Turística. Cordilleras Blanca, Negra, Huayhuash y Callejón de Huaylas.|last=Díaz|first=Felipe|year=2008–2009}}</ref>

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Category:Five-thousanders of the Andes Category:Mountains of the Department of Ancash Category:Glaciers of Peru

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