Copa (mountain) explained

Copa
Range:Cordillera Blanca, Andes
Parent Peak:Hualcan
Elevation M:6188
Other Name:Copa Grande, Pamparaju, Chucushcaraju or Carhuacatac
Prominence Ref:[1]
Prominence M:2907
Coordinates:-9.2702°N -77.4809°W
Map:Peru
First Ascent:09/26/1932 - Erwin Hein and Erwin Schneider (Austria)[2] [3]

Nevado Copa[4] (possibly from qupa, a Quechua word for the mineral turquoise and the turquoise color[5]) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru whose summit reaches about 6188m (20,302feet) above sea level. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District, and in the Carhuaz Province, Marcará District, south-east of Hualcán.[6] Its territory is within the Peruvian protection area of Huascarán National Park and is part of the Cordillera Blanca.

Lake Allicocha lies south-east of Copa while Lake Lejiacocha is located to the south-west of the mountain.[7] Legiamayo River originates from mount Copa, in the area nearby Lake Lejiacocha.

Alternative names

Copa is also named Chucushcaraju[8] (possibly from Quechua chukuy to make someone put a headdress on / crouch, bend down, -sqa a suffix, rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow,[5] [9] [10] "headdressed mountain with snow" or "crouched mountain with snow"), Pamparaju[11] (possibly from Quechua pampa a large plain,[5] "plain mountain with snow") or Carhuacatac[12] (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).[5] [9]

First Ascent

Copa was first climbed by Erwin Hein and Erwin Schneider (Austria) 26 September 1932.[13]

Elevation

Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM yields 6130 metres,[14] ASTER 6139 metres[15] and TanDEM-X 6089 metres.[16] The height of the nearest key col is 3253 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 2907 meters.[17] Copa is considered a Mountain Sub-System according to the Dominance System [18] and its dominance is 47.19%. Its parent peak is Hualcán and the Topographic isolation is 8.6 kilometers.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Copa / Copa Grande / Pamparaju. Andes Specialists. en. 2020-04-12.
  2. Book: Deutsch-Österreichische Alpenvereins expeditionen in den Peruanischen Anden.
  3. Neate, Jill (1994). Mountaineering in the Andes. RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition
  4. Book: Peru 1:100 000, Carhuás (19-h). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
  5. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  6. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Asunción Province (Ancash Region)
  7. Book: Alpenvereinskarte 0/3a. Cordillera Blanca Nord (Peru). 1:100 000. Oesterreichischer Alpenverein. 2005. 3-928777-57-2.
  8. Web site: Nevado Copa. mincetur. . May 6, 2014.
  9. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  10. Web site: babylon.com . 2014-05-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141229085317/http://traductor.babylon.com/quechua/a-ingles/rahu/ . 2014-12-29 . dead .
  11. John F. Ricker, Yuraq Janka: A Guide to the Peruvian Andes
  12. Book: Morales Arnao, Cesar. Andinismo en la Cordillera Blanca. Ediciones Turismo Andino. 1968. 47.
  13. Book: Deutsch-Österreichische Alpenvereins expeditionen in den Peruanischen Anden.
  14. Web site: USGS. EROS Archive. USGS EROS Archive - Digital Elevation - SRTM Coverage Maps. 12 April 2020.
  15. Web site: ASTER GDEM Project. 2020-04-14. ssl.jspacesystems.or.jp.
  16. Web site: TanDEM-X. TerraSAR-X. Copernicus Space Component Data Access. 12 April 2020. 12 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200412222329/https://spacedata.copernicus.eu/web/cscda/missions/tandem-x. dead.
  17. Web site: Copa / Copa Grande / Pamparaju. 2020-04-12. Andes Specialists. en.
  18. Web site: Dominance - Page 2. 2020-04-12. www.8000ers.com.