Nevado de Tuco

Nevado de Tuco
height	5454  m (according to other sources: 5479  m )
location	Ancash , Peru
Mountains	Cordillera Blanca , Andes
Coordinates	10 ° 0 '32 "  S , 77 ° 10' 34"  W Coordinates: 10 ° 0 '32 "  S , 77 ° 10' 34"  W

The Tuco or Nevado de Tuco is a mountain peak in the South American Andes in Peru .

The Nevado de Tuco with a height of 5454  m (according to other sources: 5479  m ) is one of the southernmost peaks in the snow-covered Cordillera Blanca in north-western central Peru.

Neighboring peaks are the Challhua (5476 m), the Juchuraju (5392 m), the Pastoruri (5240 m), the Santón (5256 m) and the Queullaraju (5603 m). Further south in the Cordillera Blanca is only the Rajuluna with 5360 m.

On the southern flank of the Tuco rises in one of the glacial lakes of the Rio Tuco , which is the main tributary of the Laguna Conococha with a length of 30 km , from which the Río Santa flows along the Cordillera Blanca into the Pacific .

See also

• List of mountains or elevations in South America

Web links

• Nevado de Tuco In: mountain-forecast ( Spanish )
• Informe Geoeconómico de la Región Ancash Ingemmet (Lima 2011) (PDF; 8.54 MB) ( Spanish )