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Araranca
Araranca is located in Peru
Araranca
Araranca
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,800 m (15,700 ft)[1]
Geography
LocationPeru, Ancash Region
Parent rangeCordillera Blanca

Araranca or Ararankha (Quechua for a little lizard,[2] hispanicized spelling Araranca) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Huaraz Province, Olleros District. Araranca lies southwest of Tuctu and northwest of Yanarahu. It lies north of the Araranca valley.[1]

Sources

  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaraz Province (Ancash Region)
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.