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South America / Peru / Ancash / Jirishanca
Record SL-837041 · Wikidata Q119078

Jirishanca

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Elevation
6,094 m
19,993 ft
Prominence
484 m
Isolation
Coordinates
10.2370° S, 76.9057° W
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Jirishanca
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Description

Wikipedia

Jirishanca is a 6,094-metre-high (19,993 ft) 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). It is the 10th highest peak in Peru and the third in the Huayhuash range (after Yerupajá and Siula Grande). Jirishanca translates as "hummingbird bill peak".

First ascent

Date
12 Jul 1957
- Toni Egger and Siegfried Jungmeir
Source · wikipedia

Best months

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Neighbouring summits

Name Elevation Bearing Distance
Mituraju 5,750 m NW 310° 1.2 km
Yerupajá Chico 6,089 m S 172° 1.7 km
Rondoy 5,775 m NW 321° 1.8 km
Alcay 5,300 m E 70° 1.9 km
Ninashanca 5,607 m N 341° 2.8 km
Yerupajá 6,635 m S 180° 3.5 km