Utush Mikhunan

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Utush Mikhunan
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Utush Mikhunan
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,228 m (17,152 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 11°52′55″S76°15′57″W / 11.88194°S 76.26583°W / -11.88194; -76.26583 Coordinates: 11°52′55″S76°15′57″W / 11.88194°S 76.26583°W / -11.88194; -76.26583  
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Central

Utush Mikhunan (Quechua utush a plant of the Asteraceae family, mikhuna meal, -n a suffix, [2] [3] Hispanicized spelling Otoshmicunan) is a 5,228-metre-high (17,152 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru. It lies in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, on the border of the districts of San Damian and San Mateo. Utush Mikhunan is situated northwest of Uqhu and Suyruqucha. [1] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Nevado Otoshmicunan". IGN, Peru. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  2. ↑ Nishme Yasmín Kahatt Soto, "Estudio etnobotánico para el diseño de sistemas agroforestales en el distrito de Chalaco - Piura", Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (thesis), Lima 2007, p. 51
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochirí Province (Lima Region)


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