Nevado Copa
(possibly from ''qupa,'' a
Quechua word for the mineral
turquoise and the
turquoise color[Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)]) is a mountain in the
Andes
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of
Peru
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whose summit reaches about 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.
[escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Asunción Province (Ancash Region)] 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.
originates from mount Copa, in the area nearby Lake Lejiacocha.
Alternative names
Copa is also named Chucushcaraju
(possibly from Quechua ''chukuy'' to make someone put a headdress on / crouch, bend down, ''-sqa'' a
suffix, ''rahu'' snow, ice, mountain with snow,
[Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)] "headdressed mountain with snow" or "crouched mountain with snow"), Pamparaju (possibly from Quechua ''pampa'' a large plain,[ "plain mountain with snow") or Carhuacatac (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).]
First Ascent
Copa was first climbed by Erwin Hein and Erwin Schneider (Austria) 26 September 1932.
Elevation
Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM yields 6130 metres, ASTER 6139 metres and TanDEM-X 6089 metres. The height of the nearest key col is 3253 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 2907 meters.Topographic isolation
The topographic isolation of a summit is the minimum geographical distance, horizontal distance to a point of equal elevation, representing a radius of dominance in which the peak is the highest point. It can be calculated for small hills and is ...
is 8.6 kilometers.
External links
Elevation information about Copa
Weather Forecast at Copa
References
Six-thousanders of the Andes
Mountains of the Department of Ancash
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