| Caraz | |
| Map: | Peru |
| Location: | Peru, Ancash Region |
| Coordinates: | -8.9678°N -77.6689°W |
| Elevation M: | 6025 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] [2] |
| Parent Peak: | Chacraraju |
| Prominence M: | 2772 |
| Range: | Andes, Cordillera Blanca, Peruvian Andes |
| First Ascent: | Carás I: 1-1955 via S.E. glacier, E. slopes: Variant N.E. ridge & snow slopes to top-1971: Rock face to Carás I/II col, N.E. ridge-1971: S. face-1979: S. face direct-1981: S.E. face-1981. Carás II: 1-1955 via S.E. ridge, descend S. ice face: N. face-1977: S.E. face to E. ridge-1986. Carás III: 1-1971 via N. side, S.W. ridge.[3] |
| Other Name: | Carás |
| Map Size: | 240 |
Caraz,[4] [5] Carás[6] or Caraz de Santa Cruz is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 6025m (19,767feet) high.[7] It is located in the Ancash Region, 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.
Although the official altitude is 6025m (19,767feet), there isn't enough evidence to provide the exact altitude of the peak as most digital elevation models currently have voids.[8] The height of the nearest key col is 3253 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 2772 meters. Caraz is considered a Mountain Sub-System according to the Dominance System [9] and its dominance is 46.01%. Its parent peak is Chacraraju and the Topographic isolation is 6.6 kilometers.
Caraz was first climbed by Hermann Huber, Alfred Koch and Helmut Schmidt in 1956.[10] [11]