Uyshu

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Uyshu
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Uyshu
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,038 m (16,529 ft) [1]
Coordinates 11°33′20″S76°27′38″W / 11.55556°S 76.46056°W / -11.55556; -76.46056
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes

Uyshu (Jaqaru for to liquify, melt, [2] also spelled Uysho) is a 5,038-metre-high (16,529 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, Huanza District. Uyshu lies northeast of Qullqi and southwest of the lakes named P'itiqucha and Saqsaqucha. [1] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Cerro Uysho". IGN, Peru. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  2. ↑ Neli Belleza Castro, Vocabulario Jaqaru - Español, Lima-Perú 1993, see: licuarse
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochirí Province (Lima Region)


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