# Queshque

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{{short description|Mountain in Peru}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Queshque
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| map = Peru
| map_caption = Peru
| location = [Peru](/source/Peru), [Ancash Region](/source/Ancash_Region)
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| coordinates = {{coord|9|46|28|S|77|14|51|W|type:mountain_region:PE_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_m = 5630
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| range = [Andes](/source/Andes), [Cordillera Blanca](/source/Cordillera_Blanca)
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| other_name='''Gueshgue''', '''Pongos'''
| map_size = 200
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'''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](/source/Quechua_language) for a type of [bromeliad](/source/Bromeliaceae)<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](/source/Cordillera_Blanca) in the [Andes](/source/Andes) of [Peru](/source/Peru). It is situated in the [Ancash Region](/source/Ancash_Region), [Huari Province](/source/Huari_Province), [Chavín de Huantar District](/source/Chav%C3%ADn_de_Huantar_District), and in the [Recuay Province](/source/Recuay_Province), [Catac District](/source/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](/source/Qishqiqucha) via the Tranca Ruri river.<ref name=":02" />

The [Austrian Alpine Club (OeAV)](/source/Austrian_Alpine_Club) 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>

== References ==
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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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