Nevado Copa (possibly from ''qupa,'' a

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word for the mineral

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and the turquoise colorTeofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)) is a mountain in the

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whose summit reaches about above sea level. It is situated in the Ancash Region,

Asunción Province Asunción Province is one of the 20 provinces of the Ancash Region in Peru, one of the smallest provinces of the region. It is located in the heart of the central highlands of the region, on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Blanca, in the east ...

Chacas District Chacas is a district of the province Asunción in the Ancash Region of Peru. Its seat is Chacas. Geography The Cordillera Blanca traverses the district. Some of the highest peaks of the district are Wallqan and Yanarahu. Other mountains are li ...

, and in the Carhuaz Province, Marcará District, south-east of

Hualcán Hualcán (also called Rajopaquinan) (possibly from Quechua ''wallqa, walqa'', ''-n'' a suffix) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in Ancash, between Chacas (in Asunción Province) and Carhua ...

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and is part of the

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. Lake Allicocha lies south-east of Copa while

Lake Lejiacocha Lejiacocha (possibly from Quechua language, Quechua ''lliklla'' a rectangular shoulder cloth, ''qucha'' lake,Teofilo Laime Acopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyay k'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua) is a lake in the C ...

is located to the south-west of the mountain.

Legiamayo River Legiamayohttp://escale.minedu.gob.pe/documents/10156/1367926/ugel_carhuaz.pdf - UGEL map of Carhuaz Province or Lejiamayu (possibly from Quechua ''lliklla'' a rectangular shoulder cloth, ''mayu'' river)Teofilo Laime Acopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Is ...

originates from mount Copa, in the area nearby Lake Lejiacocha.

Alternative names

Copa is also named Chucushcaraju (possibly from Quechua ''chukuy'' to make someone put a headdress on / crouch, bend down, ''-sqa'' a suffix, ''rahu'' snow, ice, mountain with snow,Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) "headdressed mountain with snow" or "crouched mountain with snow"), Pamparaju (possibly from Quechua ''pampa'' a large plain, "plain mountain with snow") or Carhuacatac (possibly from Quechua ''qarwa'' leaf worm, larva of a beetle / pale / yellowish / golden, ''qataq'' someone who covers someone or something with a blanket, ''t'aqaq'' sower).

First Ascent

Copa was first climbed by Erwin Hein and Erwin Schneider (Austria) 26 September 1932.

Elevation

Other data from available

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: SRTM yields 6130 metres,

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6139 metres and

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6089 metres. The height of the nearest key col is 3253

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, leading to a

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of 2907

. Copa is considered a Mountain Sub-System according to the ''Dominance System'' and its dominance is 47.19%. Its

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and the

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is 8.6

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References

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