Copa (mountain)

Nevado Copa[4][5][6] (possibly from qupa, a Quechua word for the mineral turquoise and the turquoise color[7]) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru whose summit reaches about 6,188 metres (20,302 ft) 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.[8] Its territory is within the Peruvian protection area of Huascarán National Park and is part of the Cordillera Blanca.

Copa
Copa Grande, Pamparaju, Chucushcaraju or Carhuacatac
Highest point
Elevation6,188 m (20,302 ft)
Prominence2,907 m (9,537 ft)[1]
Parent peakHualcan
Coordinates9°16′12.68″S 077°28′51.24″W
Geography
Copa is located in Peru
Copa
Copa
Peru
Parent rangeCordillera Blanca, Andes
Climbing
First ascent09/26/1932 - Erwin Hein and Erwin Schneider (Austria)[2][3]

Lake Allicocha lies south-east of Copa while Lake Lejiacocha is located to the south-west of the mountain.[6] Legiamayo River originates from mount Copa, in the area nearby Lake Lejiacocha.[6]

Alternative names

Copa is also named Chucushcaraju[4] (possibly from Quechua chukuy to make someone put a headdress on / crouch, bend down, -sqa a suffix, rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow,[7][9][10] "headdressed mountain with snow" or "crouched mountain with snow"), Pamparaju[11] (possibly from Quechua pampa a large plain,[7] "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).[7][9]

First Ascent

Copa was first climbed by Erwin Hein and Erwin Schneider (Austria) 26 September 1932.[2]

Elevation

Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM yields 6130 metres,[13] ASTER 6139 metres[14] and TanDEM-X 6089 metres.[15] The height of the nearest key col is 3253 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 2907 meters.[16] Copa is considered a Mountain Sub-System according to the Dominance System [17] and its dominance is 47.19%. Its parent peak is Hualcán and the Topographic isolation is 8.6 kilometers.[16]

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


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