Tarush Huachanan

Mountain in Peru

Tarush Huachanan

Aerial view of the Cordillera Blanca as seen from the east with Tarush Huachanan in the lower right part of the image

Highest point
Elevation| 5,205 m (17,077 ft)
Coordinates| 9°17′18″S 77°17′33″W﻿ / ﻿9.28833°S 77.29250°W﻿ / -9.28833; -77.29250
Geography

Tarush Huachanan

Peru

Location| Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range| Andes, Cordillera Blanca

Tarush Huachanan[1][2] (possibly from Ancash Quechua taruka, tarush deer, Quechua wacha birth, to give birth, -na a suffix,[3][4] "where the deer is born", -n a suffix) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, 5,205 m (17,077 ft) high.[1] It is situated in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District, and in the Huari Province, Huari District. Tarush Huachanan lies in the Huascarán National Park, northeast of Perlilla.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b c Alpenvereinskarte 0/3b. Cordillera Blanca Süd (Peru). 1:100 000. Oesterreichischer Alpenverein. 2005. ISBN 3-937530-05-3.
2. ^ Peru 1:100 000, Huari (19-i). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
3. ^ Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj, Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino - castellano - English, Brighton 2006
4. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.

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