Queshque

Queshque[2][3] (possibly from Quechua for a type of bromeliad[4]), or Gueshgue[1] is a 5,630-metre-high (18,471 ft)[1] mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru.

The volume of mass loss of the three glaciers of Queshque has been documented recently.

[2][3] The glaciers feed Lake Qishqiqucha via the Tranca Ruri river.

[1] The Austrian Alpine Club (OeAV) survey map represents Queshque as comprising three peaks with a different name each: Shahuanca, Jatunllacsa (the highest peak) and Gueshgue.

[5] However, tourist maps of Cordillera Blanca show this mountain with the name of Pongos.