Pucaraju or Pukaraju (possibly from

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...

''puka'' red, ''rahu'' snow, ice, mountain with snow, "red snow-covered mountain")lib.utexas.edu
Map of the area showing "Nevado Pucaraju" 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

Andes The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

, about high. It is situated 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, ...

, Mariscal Luzuriaga Province, Lucma District, in the Pomabamba Province,

Llumpa District Llumpa District is one of eight districts of the Mariscal Luzuriaga Province in Peru. This district was created by Law, dated at October 28, 1889, president of Perou: Andrés A. Cáceres Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indi ...

, and in the Yungay Province,

Yanama District Yanama District is one of eight districts of the Yungay Province in Peru. Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (87.35%) learnt t ...

.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of Yungay Province (Ancash Region) showing "Nevado Pacaraju" Pucaraju lies southeast of

Taulliraju Taulliraju (possibly from Quechua ''tawlli'' a kind of legume, ''rahu'' snow, ice, mountain with snow,babylon.com
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and west of the lakes named Wiqruqucha and Orgoncocha. The IGN-Peru map and the UGEL map of Yungay show the name of the mountain as "Pacaraju".

References

Five-thousanders of the Andes Mountains of the Department of Ancash {{Ancash-geo-stub