Usqullu

Usqullu
Usqullu
	Coropuna (snow-covered) and Usqullu (to the right) as seen from the ISS (north is to the upper right part of this image)
Highest point
Elevation	5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates	15°26′52″S72°29′20″W / 15.44778°S 72.48889°W Coordinates: 15°26′52″S72°29′20″W / 15.44778°S 72.48889°W
Geography
	Usqullu Peru
Location	Peru, Arequipa Region, Castilla Province
Parent range	Andes

Last updated April 08, 2019

Usqullu (Quechua for Andean mountain cat,^[2] hispanicized spelling Oscollo) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Castilla Province, Andagua District. Usqullu lies northwest of the peak of Wakapallqa (Huagapalca) and northeast of Puma Ranra and Usqullu Lake.^[1]

The Andean mountain cat is a small wild cat native to the high Andes that has been classified as Endangered by IUCN because fewer than 2,500 individuals are thought to exist in the wild.

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

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[map-1] 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Castilla Province 1 (Arequipa Region)

[laime-2] Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)