Suyruqucha (Huarochirí)

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Suyruqucha
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Suyruqucha
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,252 m (17,231 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 11°54′45″S76°13′08″W / 11.91250°S 76.21889°W / -11.91250; -76.21889 Coordinates: 11°54′45″S76°13′08″W / 11.91250°S 76.21889°W / -11.91250; -76.21889  
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Central

Suyruqucha (Quechua suyru a very long dress tracked after when worn, qucha lake, [2] Hispanicized spelling Suerococha) is a 5,252-metre-high (17,231 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru and the name of a little lake near the mountain. The peak of the mountain lies in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, on the border of the districts of Huarochirí, San Damian and San Mateo. It is situated southeast of Uqhu. [1] [3]

Cordillera Central (Peru) part of the Andes in Peru

The Cordillera Central is part of the Andes in Peru. It extends in a northerly direction approximately between 11º 39’ and 12º 37’S and 75º 30’ and 76º 20’W for about 60 km to 100 km. It contains the Paryaqaqa (P), Yauyos (Y) and Pichqa Waqra (PW) mountain ranges. It is located in the Junín Region and in the Lima Region.

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 mountain is named after a small lake northwest of it and southeast of Uqhu. [1] It lies in the San Mateo District at 11°54′07″S76°14′16″W / 11.90194°S 76.23778°W / -11.90194; -76.23778 .

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Wamanripa, may refer to:

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Chakraqucha (Lima) mountain in Peru

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Yuraqmayu (Lima) river in Peru

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Nevado Suerococha". IGN, Peru. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochirí Province (Lima Region)


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