Pumasillo

Pumasillo (possibly from Quechua puma cougar, puma, sillu claw, "puma claw") is a mountain in the Vilcabamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,991 m (19,656 ft) high[5]. Pumasillo or Sacsarayoc also refers to the whole massif. It includes the peaks Pumasillo, Sacsarayoc and Lasunayoc. It is located in the Cusco Region, La Convención Province. Its slopes are within the administrative boundaries of the Peruvian city of Santa Teresa.[6]

Pumasillo
Pumasillo
Highest point
Elevation5,991 m (19,656 ft)[1]
Prominence1,397 m (4,583 ft)[2]
Parent peakSalcantay
Listing,
Coordinates13°14′57″S 72°49′09″W
Naming
English translationPuma claw
Language of nameQuechua
Geography
Pumasillo is located in Peru
Pumasillo
Pumasillo
Peru
LocationCusco, Peru
Parent rangeAndes, Vilcabamba
Climbing
First ascent07/26/1957 - Mike Gravina and Simon Clark (UK) via west ridge[3][4]

Elevation

Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM 5976 metres[7] and TanDEM-X 5849 metres.[8] The height of the nearest key col is 4594 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 1397 meters.[9] Pumasillo is considered a Mountain Subrange according to the Dominance System [10] and its dominance is 23.32%. Its parent peak is Salcantay and the Topographic isolation is 30.9 kilometers.[9]

First Ascent

Pumasillo was first climbed by Mike Gravina and SimonClark (UK) in 07/26/1957.[4]

References
  1. allthemountains.com Map of the Vilcabamba mountain range around Pumasillo
  2. "Pumasillo / Sacsarayoc". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  3. Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, 1994
  4. "AAJ (American Alpine Journal) South America, Perú, Pumasillo, Vilcabamba". AAJ (American Alpine Journal) South America, Perú, Pumasillo, Vilcabamba. 1958.
  5. Biggar, John (2020). The Andes a guide for climbers (5th ed.). Castle Douglas, Scotland. ISBN 978-0-9536087-7-5. OCLC 1260820889.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. PERU, Autor: GEO GPS. "Base de datos Perú - Shapefile - *.shp - MINAM - IGN - Límites Políticos". Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  7. NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission - Filled Data V2". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  8. TanDEM-X, TerraSAR-X. "Copernicus Space Component Data Access". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  9. "Pumasillo / Sacsarayoc". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  10. "Dominance - Page 2". www.8000ers.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.