Jirishanca
Jirishanca is a 6,094-metre-high (19,993 ft) mountain in the Huayhuash mountain range in west central Peru, part of the Andes. Other sources cite a height of 6,125 metres (20,095 ft). It is the tenth highest peak in Peru and the third in the Huayhuash range (after Yerupajá and Siula Grande). Jirishanca translates as "hummingbird bill peak".
| Jirishanca | |
|---|---|
Jirishanca, West Face, July 2010 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 6,125 m (20,095 ft) |
| Prominence | 484 m (1,588 ft) |
| Parent peak | Yerupaja |
| Coordinates | 10°14′12″S 76°54′18″W |
| Geography | |
Jirishanca Peru | |
| Location | Ancash Region, Peru |
| Parent range | Andes, Huayhuash |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 12 July 1957 - Toni Egger and Siegfried Jungmeir (Austria) - Toni Egger and Siegfried Jungmeir (Austria) |
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