Tarushcancha, Huascarán National Park

Name: Tarushcancha
Address: Huascarán National Park, Peru

#73 among attractions in Huascarán National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Tarushcancha or Chaqchipuncu is a 5,345-metre-high mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District. Tarushcancha lies in Huascarán National Park, northeast of Atlante and southeast of Yacuihuarmi. ()

Elevation: 17536 ftCoordinates: 9°15'45"S, 77°24'9"W

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Tarushcancha – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Patarcocha, Lake Allicocha, Yanacocha, Paccharaju.

4.7 miNE
Natural attraction, Lake
Patarcocha, Chacas
120 min walk • Patarcocha is a lake in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru located in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District. It is situated at a height of 3,900 metres, 259 m long and 147 m at its widest point. Patarcocha lies northwest of the lakes Yanacocha, Huegroncocha and Runtococha.
4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Allicocha, Huascarán National Park
102 min walk • Lake Allicocha is a lake in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru located in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District; at a height of 4,543 metres, 204 m long and 113 m at its widest point. Lake Allicocha lies southwest of Copa.
3.6 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Yanacocha, Huascarán National Park
91 min walk • Yanacocha is a lake in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru located in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District. It is situated at a height of about 4,250 metres, about 470 m long and 161 m at its widest point.
2.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Paccharaju, Huascarán National Park
58 min walk • Paccharaju is a mountain of 5,744 m of elevation in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. In other maps it is shown as comprising two peaks: Rocotuyo of 5,749 m and Rayococha of 5,460 m.
4.9 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Copap, Huascarán National Park
126 min walk • Copap is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru whose summit reaches about 5,570 metres or 5,579 metres above sea level depending on the source.
3.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lauricocha, Huascarán National Park
85 min walk • Lauricocha is a lake in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District. Lauricocha lies south-west of the lake Yanacocha, south of Paqarisha Lake and north-east of the mountain Pomabamba.
4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Huegroncocha, Huascarán National Park
102 min walk • Huegroncocha is a lake in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru located in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District. It is situated at a height of 4,250 metres, 393 m long and 120 m at its widest point. Huegroncocha lies north of the lake Yanacocha and west of the lake Runtococha.
4.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Runtococha, Huascarán National Park
110 min walk • Runtococha is a lake in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru located in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District. It is situated at a height of 4,386 metres, 325 m long and 234 m at its widest point. Runtococha lies northeast of the lake Yanacocha and east of the lake Huegroncocha.
3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pomabamba Mountain, Huascarán National Park
76 min walk • Pomabamba, Rataquenua or Portachuelo is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, of 5,336 metres high. It is located between Asunción and Carhuaz provinces, in the region of Ancash.
6.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Jacabamba, Huascarán National Park
177 min walk • Jacabamba is a 5,566-metre-high mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District, in the Carhuaz Province, Marcará District, and in the Huari Province, Huari District.