Pukarahu

Santa Cruz
Pucaraju
Aguja III (on the left), Caraz I (center-left), Santa Cruz (in the background, center, the highest peak) and Caraz II (in the background, center, exactly in front of Santa Cruz, hiding most of it) as seen from the southeast
Highest point
Elevation	6,259 m (20,535 ft)
Coordinates	8°53′39″S 77°42′30″W / 8.89429°S 77.7083°W / -8.89429; -77.7083Coordinates: 8°53′39″S 77°42′30″W / 8.89429°S 77.7083°W / -8.89429; -77.7083
Geography
Santa Cruz Peru
Location	Ancash, Peru
Parent range	Cordillera Blanca, Andes
Climbing
First ascent	20 July 1948 by Frédéric Marmillod and Ali Szepessy-Schaurek

Santa Cruz,Pucaraju,Pukaraju (possibly from Quechua puka red,rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow, "snow-covered red mountain") or Pico de Huaylas (Spanish for "peak of Huaylas") is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru; within Santa Cruz District, Huaylas Province, Ancash. It has a height of 6,259 metres (20,535 ft), although other maps cite a height of 6,241 metres (20,476 ft).