Urus (mountain)

This article is about the mountain on the border of the Carhuaz Province and the Huaraz Province in the Ancash Region, Peru. For other uses, see Yanarahu.

Urus,^[1][2] also known as Yanaraju^[3] (possibly from Quechua yana black, rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow,^[4][5] "black snow peak"), is a 5,423-metre-high (17,792 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru.^[1][2][3] It located between Carhuaz and Huaraz provinces, in Ancash. Urus lies in Huascarán National Park, west of Tocllaraju.^[1]

Urus
Yanaraju
Urus in front of Huascarán and Copa (on the left)
Highest point
Elevation	5,423 m (17,792 ft)
Coordinates	9°21′18″S 77°26′06″W
Geography
Urus Peru
Location	Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range	Andes, Cordillera Blanca

References

1. Alpenvereinskarte 0/3a. Cordillera Blanca Nord (Peru). 1:100 000. Oesterreichischer Alpenverein. 2005. ISBN 3-928777-57-2.
2. Biggar, John (2005). The Andes: A Guide for Climbers. Andes. p. 80. ISBN 9780953608720.
3. Peru 1:100 000, Huari (19-i). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
4. "babylon.com". Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2015-04-18.
5. 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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