Kushuru Hirka

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Kushuru Hirka
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Kushuru Hirka
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,600 m (15,100 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 9°56′36″S77°29′22″W / 9.94333°S 77.48944°W / -9.94333; -77.48944 Coordinates: 9°56′36″S77°29′22″W / 9.94333°S 77.48944°W / -9.94333; -77.48944  
Geography
Location Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Negra

Kushuru Hirka (Ancash Quechua kushuru an edible kind of seaweed, hirka mountain, [2] [3] "kushuru mountain", also spelled Cushuroirca) is a mountain in the Cordillera Negra in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 4,600 m (15,100 ft). It lies in the Ancash Region, Recuay Province, on the border of the districts of Cotaparaco and Tapacocha. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Recuay Province (Ancash Region)
  2. ↑ Leonel Alexander Menacho López, Yachakuqkunapa Shimi Qullqa, Anqash Qhichwa Shimichaw (Ministerio de Educación), Wordbook Ancash Quechua-Spanish
  3. ↑ homepage.ntlworld.com/robert_beer Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj, Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino - castellano - English, Brighton 2006


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