Vallunaraju

Vallunaraju
Vallunaraju
Highest point
Elevation5,686 m (18,655 ft)
Prominence136 m (446 ft) 
Coordinates9°25′20″S 77°27′23″W / 9.42222°S 77.45639°W / -9.42222; -77.45639
Geography
Vallunaraju
Peru
LocationAncash, Peru
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Blanca
Climbing
First ascent1949, A. and M. Szepessy

Vallunaraju or Wallunaraju (possibly from Ancash Quechua walluy to cut, wallu earless, someone whose ears are amputated -na a nominalising suffix, Quechua rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow,) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 5,686 metres (18,655 ft) high and located in Huaraz Province, Ancash. Vallunaraju lies south west of Ranrapalca and Ocshapalca.