Caraz, Carás or Caraz de Santa Cruz is a mountain in the

Cordillera Blanca The Cordillera Blanca (Spanish for "white range") is a mountain range in Peru that is part of the larger Andes range and extends for between 8°08' and 9°58'S and 77°00' and 77°52'W, in a northwesterly direction. It includes several peaks ove ...

in the

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, about high. It is located in the

Ancash Region Ancash (; ) is a department and region in western Peru. It is bordered by the departments of La Libertad on the north, Huánuco and Pasco on the east, Lima on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital is the city of Huaraz, ...

, Huaylas Province, in the districts

Caraz Caraz is a town in the Caraz District in the southeastern part of Huaylas Province of the Ancash Region in Peru. Political Creation Recent investigations suggest that its political creation happened on 12 February 1821 when General San Mart ...

and Santa Cruz District. This peak is inside Huascarán National Park, most precisely southwest of

Artesonraju Artesonraju is a Pyramidal peak, pyramidal mountain peak located near the city of Caraz in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range in the Peruvian Andes. It is located at the Peruvian province of Huaylas Province, Huaylas and its slopes are within ...

, northwest of Pirámide, north of

Lake Parón Lake Parón is the largest lake in the Cordillera Blanca, on the Peruvian Andes, 32 km E from the city Caraz, originally at asl, now at asl. It is nested in and surrounded by several snow peaks such as Aguja I , Aguja II , Aguja III , C ...

and south of

Santa Cruz Creek Santa Cruz, (called Yuraqmayu or Yuracma near its end) is a creek in Peru located in Santa Cruz District, Ancash, Santa Cruz District, Huaylas Province, Ancash Region, Ancash. It is a right tributary of the Santa River, Santa River. It originate ...

. Its slopes are within two Peruvian cities: Santa Cruz and

Elevation

Although the official altitude is , there isn't enough evidence to provide the exact altitude of the peak as most

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currently have voids. The height of the nearest

key col In topography, prominence or relative height (also referred to as autonomous height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contour line encircling ...

is 3253

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, leading to a

topographic prominence In topography, prominence or relative height (also referred to as autonomous height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contour line encircling ...

of 2772

. Caraz is considered a Mountain Sub-System according to the ''Dominance System'' and its dominance is 46.01%. Its

parent peak In topography, prominence or relative height (also referred to as autonomous height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contour line encircling ...

is Chacraraju and the

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 6.6

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First Ascent

Caraz was first climbed by Hermann Huber, Alfred Koch and Helmut Schmidt in 1956.

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Elevation information about Caraz

Weather Forecast at Caraz
Six-thousanders of the Andes Mountains of the Department of Ancash {{Ancash-geo-stub

Elevation

First Ascent

See also

References

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