Paccharaju (possibly from

Ancash Quechua Ancash Quechua, or Huaylay (Waylay), is a Quechua variety spoken in the Peruvian department of Ancash by approximately 1,000,000 people. Like Wanka Quechua, it belongs to Quechua I (according to Alfredo Torero). Classification The Ancash Quech ...

''paqtsa'' waterfall, ''rahu'' snow mountain, "waterfall snow peak") is a mountain of (or ) of elevation in the

Cordillera Blanca The Cordillera Blanca (Spanish for "white range") is a mountain range in Peru that is part of the larger Andes range and extends for between 8°08' and 9°58'S and 77°00' and 77°52'W, in a northwesterly direction. It includes several peaks ove ...

in the

Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

. In other maps it is shown as comprising two peaks: Rocotuyo (possibly from

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...

rukutu Rukutu (Quechua for ''rukutu, ruqutu'' a plant ''(Capsicum pubescens)'', (five-vowel-system) hispanicized spelling ''Rocodo'') is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Lima Region, Huarochir ...

, ruqutu'' a plant ''(Capsicum pubescens)'', ''-yuq'' a

suffix In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns, adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs. Suffixes can carry ...

to indicate ownership, (five-vowel-system) "the one with the ''rukutu''") of and Rayococha (or Bayoraju) of . It is located between the provinces of

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 ...

and

Carhuaz Carhuaz, Peru is the capital of the province of Carhuaz. It is located in the Ancash Region, Carhuaz Province, Carhuaz District. Geography It is situated at 34 km from Huaraz, at 2,688 msnm. Its temperature average is from 12 to 14& ...

, in

Ancash Ancash ( qu, Anqash; es, Áncash ) is a department and region in northern Peru. It is bordered by the departments of La Libertad on the north, Huánuco and Pasco on the east, Lima on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital i ...

; southwest of mount Tarush Kancha, inside

Huascarán National Park Huascarán National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Huascarán) is a Peruvian national park that comprises most of the mountain range known as Cordillera Blanca (the world's highest tropical mountain range) which is part of the central Andes, in the r ...

. Rocotuyo (also named Paccharuri) is a lake at south of the mountain.

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Mountains of Peru Mountains of Ancash Region Huascarán National Park {{Ancash-geo-stub