| Hatun Urqu | |
|---|---|
  Hatun Urqu Peru | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,200 m (13,800 ft) [1] |
| Coordinates | 13°52′19″S71°43′55″W / 13.87194°S 71.73194°W Coordinates: 13°52′19″S71°43′55″W / 13.87194°S 71.73194°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Peru, Cusco Region, Acomayo Province |
| Parent range | Andes |
Hatun Urqu (Quechua hatun big, urqu, mountain, [2] "big mountain", hispanicized spelling Jatun Orjo) is a mountain in the Cusco Region in Peru, about 4,200 metres (13,780 ft) high. It is situated in the Acomayo Province, on the border of the districts Acomayo, Acos and Rondocan. Hatun Urqu lies south-west of the mountain Pisqu Urqu. [1]
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.
Acomayo Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.
There is an intermittent stream south of Hatun Urqu named Saramayu (Quechua for "maize river", Saramayo). It flows to the north-west as a right affluent of the Apurímac River.
The Apurímac River rises from glacial meltwater of the ridge of the Mismi, a 5,597-metre-high (18,363 ft) mountain in the Arequipa Province in the south-western mountain ranges of Peru, 10 km (6.2 mi) from the village Caylloma, and less than 160 km (99 mi) from the Pacific coast. It flows generally northwest past Cusco in narrow gorges with depths of up to 3,000 m, twice as deep as the Grand Canyon in the United States, its course interrupted by falls and rapids. Of the six attempts so far to travel the Apurímac in its full length, only two have been successful.
