Nevado Copa[4][5][6] (possibly from qupa, a Quechua word for the mineral turquoise and the turquoise color[7]) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru whose summit reaches about 6,188 metres (20,302 ft) above sea level.
[8] Its territory is within the Peruvian protection area of Huascarán National Park and is part of the Cordillera Blanca.
[6] Legiamayo River originates from mount Copa, in the area nearby Lake Lejiacocha.
[6] Copa is also named Chucushcaraju[4] (possibly from Quechua chukuy to make someone put a headdress on / crouch, bend down, -sqa a suffix, rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow,[7][9][10] "headdressed mountain with snow" or "crouched mountain with snow"), Pamparaju[11] (possibly from Quechua pampa a large plain,[7] "plain mountain with snow") or Carhuacatac[12] (possibly from Quechua qarwa leaf worm, larva of a beetle / pale / yellowish / golden, qataq someone who covers someone or something with a blanket, t'aqaq sower).
Its parent peak is Hualcán and the Topographic isolation is 8.6 kilometers.