Caraz,
Carás or Caraz de Santa Cruz is a mountain in the
Cordillera Blanca in the
Andes of
Peru, about
high.
It is located in the
Ancash Region
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 ...
,
Huaylas Province, in the districts
Caraz and
Santa Cruz District. This peak is inside
Huascarán National Park, most precisely southwest of
Artesonraju, northwest of
Pirámide, north of
Lake Parón and south of
Santa Cruz Creek. Its slopes are within two Peruvian cities: Santa Cruz and
Caraz.
Elevation
Although the official altitude is ,
there isn't enough evidence to provide the exact altitude of the peak as most
digital elevation models currently have voids.
The height of the nearest
key col
In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, relative height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop or relative height in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contou ...
is 3253
meters, leading to a
topographic prominence of 2772
meters.
Caraz is considered a Mountain Sub-System according to the ''Dominance System'' and its dominance is 46.01%. Its
parent peak is
Chacraraju and the
Topographic isolation is 6.6
kilometers.
First Ascent
Caraz was first climbed by Hermann Huber, Alfred Koch and Helmut Schmidt in 1956.
See also
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Hatunqucha
*
Ichikqucha
*
Sintiru
References
External links
Elevation information about CarazWeather Forecast at Caraz
Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Ancash Region
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