Suyruqucha (Ancash)
For the mountain in the Ancash Region, Peru, named Rahu Qulluta or Suyruqucha, see Rahu Qulluta. For the mountain and a small lake in the Huarochirí Province, Lima Region, Peru, see Suyruqucha.
| Suyruqucha | |
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 Waywash mountain range from space, looking to the northeast. Yerupaja and Siula are in the centre. Suyruqucha lies almost at the end of the sub-range in the foreground. | |
| Elevation | 5,100 m (16,700 ft)[1] |
| Listing | List of mountains in Peru |
| Location | |
  Suyruqucha Peru | |
| Location | Peru, Ancash Region |
| Range | Andes, Waywash |
| Coordinates | 10°17′11″S 76°58′33″W / 10.28639°S 76.97583°WCoordinates: 10°17′11″S 76°58′33″W / 10.28639°S 76.97583°W |
Suyruqucha (Quechua suyru a very long dress tracked after when worn, qucha lake,[2] hispanicized spelling Suerococha) is a mountain in the west of the Waywash mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,100 metres (16,732 ft) high, and the name of a small lake near the mountain. The mountain is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Pacllon District.[3] Suyruqucha lies on a sub-range west of Yerupaja, northwest of Wakrish and Awkillu and northeast of Rahu Qulluta.
The mountain might have been named after a little lake southwest of it. It lies in the Copa District of the Lima Region at 10°18′20″S 76°59′15″W / 10.30556°S 76.98750°W.
References
- ↑ "Nevado Suerococha". IGN, Peru. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
- ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Ancash Region)]
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