Challhua[2][3] (possibly from Quechua for "fish"),[4]Wiksu[5] or Huicsu[6] (both names possibly from Quechua for "twisted, bent")[4] is a mountain in the southern Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 5,487 m (18,002 ft)[6] high (IGN Peru map cites an elevation of 5,476 m (17,966 ft)).[2] Challhua is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Aquia District and in the Recuay Province, Catac District.[7][8] It is situated northeast of Caullaraju, west of Pastu Ruri and Tuco and south of Santun. One of the nearest places is the village of Wicso, located next to Callan creek, west of the mountain.[7] This creek flows to the Pumapampa River, a right affluent of the Santa River.[7]
^ abTaken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate Peru RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994
Challhua (possibly from Quechua for "fish"), Wiksu or Huicsu (both names possibly from Quechua for "twisted, bent") is a mountain in the southern Cordillera...
Ichic Challhua or Ichik Challwa (Ancash Quechua ichik small, Quechua challwa fish, "little fish", also spelled Ichic Challhua) is a mountain in the Andes...
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valley (possibly from Quechua for "stoney corral") and northeast of the Challhua valley (possibly from Quechua challwa fish). The Mosna River flows along...
Region, Bolognesi Province, Aquia District. Raju Cutac lies southeast of Challhua and Tuco. Neate, Jill (1994). "Peru". Mountaineering in the Andes (PDF)...