Luliqucha

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Luliqucha
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Luliqucha
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,200 m (17,100 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 10°40′45″S76°40′16″W / 10.67917°S 76.67111°W / -10.67917; -76.67111 Coordinates: 10°40′45″S76°40′16″W / 10.67917°S 76.67111°W / -10.67917; -76.67111  
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region, Pasco Region
Parent range Andes

Luliqucha (local Quechua luli interior (ruri), qucha lake, [2] "interior lake", hispanicized spelling Lulicocha) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 m (17,100 ft) high, at a small lake of that name. It is located in the Lima Region, Oyón Province, Oyón District, and in the Pasco Region, Pasco Province, Simón Bolívar District. The ridge of Luliqucha stretches along the border between the Lima Region and the Pasco Region, west of Pumaqucha. [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.

The lake named Luliqucha lies east of the ridge at 10°40′36″S76°39′40″W / 10.67667°S 76.66111°W / -10.67667; -76.66111 . [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Daniel Alcides Carrión Province (Pasco Region)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
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