Huandoy

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title: "Huandoy" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountains-of-the-department-of-ancash", "six-thousanders-of-the-andes"] description: "Mountain in Peru" topic_path: "general/mountains-of-the-department-of-ancash" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huandoy" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain in Peru ::

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Field	Value
name	Huandoy
photo	Huandoy Peru.jpg
photo_caption	Huandoy
map	Peru
map_caption	Location in Peru
location	Yungay Province, Ancash, Peru
coordinates
elevation_ref
prominence_m	1645
prominence_ref
listing	Ultra
range	Cordillera Blanca, Andes
coordinates_ref
first_ascent	1932 by E. Hein and Erwin Schneider
easiest_route	Southwest face
other_name	Tullparaju
map_size	260
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| name = Huandoy | photo = Huandoy Peru.jpg | photo_caption = Huandoy | map = Peru | map_caption = Location in Peru | location = Yungay Province, Ancash, Peru | label_position = | coordinates = | elevation_m = 6395 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 1645 | prominence_ref = | parent_peak = | listing = Ultra | range = Cordillera Blanca, Andes | topo = | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | type = | age = | volcanic_arc/belt = | last_eruption = | first_ascent = 1932 by E. Hein and Erwin Schneider | easiest_route = Southwest face |other_name = Tullparaju | map_size = 260 Huandoy (probably from Quechua wantuy, to transfer, to transpose, to carry, to carry a heavy load) or Tullparaju (possibly from Quechua tullpa rustic cooking-fire, stove, rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow) is a mountain located inside Huascarán National Park in Ancash, Peru. It is the second-tallest peak of the Cordillera Blanca section of the Andes, after Huascarán. These two peaks are rather nearby, separated only by the Llanganuco glacial valley (which contains the Llanganuco Lakes) at 3,846 m asl.

It is a snow-capped mountain with four peaks arranged in the form of a fireplace, the tallest of which is 6,395 m. The four peaks are each over 6,000 m, and are:

• Huandoy (6,395 m)
• Huandoy-West (6,356 m)
• Huandoy-South (6,160 m)
• Huandoy-East (6,000 m)

The first recorded ascent was made on 12 Sep 1932 by Erwin Schneider and Erwin Hein who were members of a joint German–Austrian expedition.

Myth

Huascarán was a noble man who lived in a certain place in Áncash, while Huandoy was a woman who lived in a small town very close to where this mountain is now. Huascarán was enormously in love with the girl, so they always saw each other secretly. One day Huascarán's father found out that he was in love with the little woman, so he asked the Sun God for help. Seeing that he could not separate the two lovers, he decided to turn them into mountains, but the divinity decided to bring them together so that despite their being mountains continued with their love.

References

References

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2. "Peru 1:100 000, Carhuás (19-h)". IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
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7. [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robert_beer/Vocabulario%20comparativo%20Quechua%20ecuator%20Quechua%20ancash%20-%2020%20Oct%2006.PDF Vocabulario comparativo quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino -- castellano - English] {{webarchive. link. (2016-03-04 (pdf))
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9. Borchers. (1933). "In the Cordillera Blanca ; the 1932 D .ce Oe. A.-V. Expedition". Alpine Journal.
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