Huamashraju

{{short description|Mountain in Peru}}

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| name = Huamashraju | photo = Nevado Huamashraju 03.jpg

| photo_caption = Huamashraju, as seen from the west

| map = Peru | map_caption = Peru

| location = Peru, Ancash Region

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| coordinates = {{coord|9|31|30|S|77|23|06|W|type:mountain_region:PE_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| elevation_m = 5434

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| range = Andes, Cordillera Blanca

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| first_ascent = 1954, J. Cabana and A. Soriano

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| other_name = Yanahuacra, Rajo Colta

| map_size = 240

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Huamashraju,{{Cite web|url=http://www.montanasperuanas.com/Huamashraju.html|title=Huamashraju|website=www.montanasperuanas.com|access-date=2016-06-22}}{{Cite book|title=Alpenvereinskarte 0/3b. Cordillera Blanca Süd (Peru). 1:100 000|publisher=Oesterreichischer Alpenverein|year=2005|isbn=3-937530-05-3}}{{Cite book|url=http://www.rgs.org/NR/rdonlyres/B11E3D06-3E97-45FC-9E82-D394EFA751BD/0/MAPeru.pdf|title=Mountaineering in the Andes|last=Neate|first=Jill|publisher=RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre|year=1994|isbn=0-907649-64-5|pages=14|chapter=Peru}} Wamashraju{{Cite book|title=Yuraq Janka: A Guide to the Peruvian Andes|last=Ricker|first=John|publisher=The Mountaineers Books|year=1977|pages=109–111}} (possibly from Quechua rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow),{{Cite web |url=http://traductor.babylon.com/quechua/a-ingles/rahu/ |title=babylon.com |access-date=2013-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229085317/http://traductor.babylon.com/quechua/a-ingles/rahu/ |archive-date=2014-12-29 |url-status=dead }} Yanahuacra (possibly from Quechua yana black, waqra horn, "black horn") or Rajo Colta{{Cite book|title=Peru 1:100 000, Recuay (20-i)|publisher=IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú)}} is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about {{convert|5434|m|ft|0}} high. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Huaraz Province, Huaraz District. Huamashraju lies east of the town of Huaraz, west of Huantsán and northwest of Shacsha and Cashan.