Sahuasiray

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Sahuasiray
Ccolque Cruz
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The snow-covered Sahuasiray.
Highest point
Elevation 5,818 m (19,088 ft)
Prominence 1,920 m (6,300 ft) [1]
Listing Ultra
Coordinates 13°12′50″S71°59′18″W / 13.21389°S 71.98833°W / -13.21389; -71.98833
Geography
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Sahuasiray
Peru
Location Cusco, Peru
Parent range Urubamba, Andes
Climbing
First ascent Sahuasiray N: 1-1963 via E. ridge. Sahuasiray S: 1-1968 [2]

Sahuasiray [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] (possibly from Quechua sawa matrimony, siray to sew, [6] ), Sawasiray, [7] Colque Cruz [1] or Ccolque Cruz [8] (possibly from Aymara and Quechua qullqi silver, money, Spanish cruz cross, "silver cross")[ citation needed ], is one of the highest mountains in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,818 metres (19,088 ft) high. [3] [8] It lies in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, northwest of Calca. It is situated northeast of Chicón and Canchacanchajasa, southeast of Sirihuani and northwest of Condorhuachana.

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  1. 1 2 3 "Peru: 22 Mountain Summits with Prominence of 1,500 meters or greater" Listed here as "Sahuasiray (Nevado Colque Cruz)" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2013-03-02.
  2. 1 2 Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, 1994
  3. 1 2 Biggar, John (2005). The Andes: A Guide for Climbers. Andes. p. 113. ISBN   9780953608720.
  4. ↑ Jenkins, Dilwyn (2005). The Rough Guide to Peru. Rough Guides. p. 158.
  5. ↑ "Nevado Sahuasiray - Peakbagger.com". www.peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
  6. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): sawa. s. Matrimonio. Casamiento, nupcias.siray. tr. Coser. Unir mediante puntadas.
  7. ↑ Gade, Daniel (2015). Spell of the Urubamba: Anthropogeographical Essays on an Andean Valley in Space and Time. Springer. p. 133. ISBN   9783319208497.
  8. 1 2 Peru 1:100 000, Calca (27-s). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).


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