Santa Cruz (mountain)
| Santa Cruz | |
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| 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
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 6,259 m (20,535 ft) |
| Coordinates | 8°53′39″S 77°42′30″W / 8.89429°S 77.7083°WCoordinates: 8°53′39″S 77°42′30″W / 8.89429°S 77.7083°W |
| Geography | |
 Santa Cruz
Peru
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| 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).
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