Hualcán
| Hualcán | |
|---|---|
| Rajopaquinan | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 6,165 m (20,226 ft) |
| Prominence | 2,912 m (9,554 ft) |
| Parent peak | Huascaran |
| Coordinates | 9°12′09.89″S 077°31′08.75″W / 9.2027472°S 77.5190972°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Ancash, Peru |
| Parent range | Andes, Cordillera Blanca |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | August 1939 via South Ridge by Karl Schmid and Siegfried Rohrer (Germany) S. flank-1979. |
Hualcán (also called Rajopaquinan) (possibly from Quechua wallqa, walqa, -n a suffix) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 6,165 metres (20,226 ft) high. It is located in Ancash, between Chacas (in Asunción Province) and Carhuaz (Carhuaz Province) districts. Hualcán lies south-east of Chequiaraju. Its territory is within the Peruvian protection area of Huascarán National Park and it's on the border of two provinces: Asuncion and Carhuaz. Cities of Chacas and Carhuaz.