Kashpi

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Kashpi
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Kashpi
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,200 m (17,100 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 11°30′54″S76°21′42″W / 11.51500°S 76.36167°W / -11.51500; -76.36167 Coordinates: 11°30′54″S76°21′42″W / 11.51500°S 76.36167°W / -11.51500; -76.36167  
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region, Junín Region
Parent range Andes

Kashpi (local Quechua for stick (k'aspi), [2] hispanicized spelling Cashpe) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. The mountain is located in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Marcapomacocha District, and in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, Huanza District. It lies southeast of Chunta and northwest of a lake named Pukaqucha. [1]

Andes mountain range running along the tu mamide of South America

The Andes or Andean Mountains are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. This range is about 7,000 km (4,300 mi) long, about 200 to 700 km wide, and of an average height of about 4,000 m (13,000 ft). The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.

Peru republic in South America

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.

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References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauli Province (Junín Region)
  2. ↑ Robert Beér, Vocabulario Comparativo, quechua Cuzco-Collao, quechua boliviano, castellano, English, 2006
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