Yuraq Kallapu
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Yuraq Kallapu ( Quechua ''yuraq'' white, Aymara ''kallapu'' stairs close to the walls, step of the stairs in a mine; buttress, wood to prop up, possibly meaning "white stairs", Hispanicized spelling ''Yuraccalapo, Yurajalapu'') is a mountain in the
Wallanka Huallanca (possibly from Quechua for "mountain range" and a cactus plant ''(Opuntia subulata'')), also known as Burro ( Spanish for "donkey"), is a ) high mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is the highest peak in the Huallanca mountain range. Hu ...
mountain range in the Andes of Peru which reaches an altitude of approximately . 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 ...
, Bolognesi Province,
Huasta District Huasta is a district of the province of Bolognesi, in the Ancash Region of Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , o ...
, northwest of
Chawpi Hanka Chaupijanca or Chaupi Janca (possibly from Quechua ''chawpi'' central, middle, ''hanka'' snowcapped ridge or peak; ice, "central ridge (or peak)") is a mountain in the Huallanca (or Chaupijanca) mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is loca ...
. The name of the mountain correlates with the name of two lakes at its feet, Yuraq Kallapu (Hispanicized ''Yurac Calapu'') and Kallapuyuq ("the one with stairs", also spelled ''Calupuyoc''), and the name of a valley ''(Calupuyoc)''.


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Mountains of Peru Mountains of Ancash Region {{Ancash-geo-stub