Yuraqqucha (Lima-Junín)
| Yuraqqucha | |
|---|---|
 View from the summit of Yuraqqucha showing the lake named Waqraqucha on the left (looking to the southeast) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,100 m (16,700 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 11°34′26″S 76°13′7″W / 11.57389°S 76.21861°W |
| Geography | |
  Yuraqqucha Peru | |
| Location | Peru, Lima Region, Junín Region |
| Parent range | Andes |
Yuraqqucha (Quechua yuraq white, qucha lake,[2] "white lake", Hispanicized spelling Yuraccocha) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,100 metres (16,732 ft) high. It is located in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Morococha District, and in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, Chicla District. Yuraqqucha lies northwest of a lake named Waqraqucha, the Antikuna mountain pass and the peak of Antikuna. Anta Q'asa, Sillaqaqa, Inka Kancha and Pukaqucha are situated west, southwest and northwest of Yuraqqucha.
The mountain is named after a little lake south of it. It lies in the Chicla District[1] at 11°35′3″S 76°12′49″W / 11.58417°S 76.21361°W.
References
[edit]- ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauli Province (Junín Region)
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
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