Jirishanca
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Jirishanca[4][5][6][7][8] is a 6,094-metre-high (19,993 ft)[4][5][6][7] mountain in the Huayhuash mountain range in west central Peru, part of the Andes. Other sources cite a height of 6,125 metres (20,095 ft).[8] It is the tenth highest peak in Peru and the third in the Huayhuash range (after Yerupajá and Siula Grande).[citation needed] Jirishanca translates as "hummingbird bill peak".[6]
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Jirishanca | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 6,125 m (20,095 ft) |
Prominence | 484 m (1,588 ft)[1] |
Parent peak | Yerupaja |
Coordinates | 10°14′12″S 76°54′18″W |
Geography | |
Location | Ancash Region, Peru |
Parent range | Andes, Huayhuash |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 12 July 1957 - Toni Egger and Siegfried Jungmeir (Austria)[2][3] - Toni Egger and Siegfried Jungmeir (Austria)[2][3] |
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