P'aqu Urqu (Moquegua)

For the mountain in the Arequipa Region, Peru, see P'aqu Urqu (Arequipa). For the mountain in Bolivia, see P'aqu Urqu (Bolivia).
P'aqu Urqu

Satellite image of the volcano Ubinas (on the left), P'aqu Urqu (the light-colored complex north-east of it) and Pirwani (north of P'aqu Urqu)
Elevation 4,940 m (16,210 ft)[1]
Location
P'aqu Urqu

Peru

Location Peru, Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province
Range Andes
Coordinates 16°18′10″S 70°49′2″W / 16.30278°S 70.81722°WCoordinates: 16°18′10″S 70°49′2″W / 16.30278°S 70.81722°W

P'aqu Urqu (Quechua p'aqu blond, fair, a color similar to gold, urqu mountain,[2] "'blond' or slightly golden mountain", hispanicized spelling Pacoorcco, erroneously also Poocoorco) is a 4,940-metre (16,207 ft) high mountain in the Andes of Peru. The mountain is located in the Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province, Ubinas District, north-east of the active volcano Ubinas and south of the mountain Pirwani.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Valoración del Servicio Ambiental de Provisión de Agua con Base en la Reserva Nacional Salinas y Aguada Blanca - Cuenca del Río Chili, PROFONANPE, Lima, 2007
  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 General Sánchez Cerro (Moquegua Region)