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Vallunaraju
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Vallunaraju
Highest point
Elevation 5,686 m (18,655 ft)
Geography
Vallunaraju is located in Peru
Vallunaraju
Vallunaraju
Location in Peru
Location Ancash, Peru
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Blanca
Climbing
First ascent 1949, 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.

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Vallunaraju para niños

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