Quriwayrachina (Vilcabamba)

This article is about the mountain in the Vilcabamba District, La Convención Province, Cusco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Quriwayrachina.
Quriwayrachina
Quriwayrachina

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,404 m (17,730 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°21′06″S 72°49′15″W / 13.35167°S 72.82083°W / -13.35167; -72.82083Coordinates: 13°21′06″S 72°49′15″W / 13.35167°S 72.82083°W / -13.35167; -72.82083 [2]
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Andes, Willkapampa

Quriwayrachina or Quri Wayrachina (Quechua quri gold, wayrachina a special oven for smelting metal, "oven for smelting gold",[3][4] hispanicized spelling Corihuayrachina, erroneously also Corihuaynachina) is a mountain in the Willkapampa mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,404 metres (17,730 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, La Convención Province, Vilcabamba District, at a little lake named Quriwayrachina (Corihuayrachina). Quriwayrachina lies south of the Pumasillu massif and west of Kiswar.[5] The archaeological sites of Quriwayrachina[6] and Choquequirao (Chuqik'iraw) are west and southwest of the mountain Quriwayrachina.

References

  1. ↑ René Pumayalli Saloma, Mapa de Peligros de Desembalses en Santa Teresa, Cusco, en un Contexto de Cambio Climático, 2014
  2. ↑ "Nevados". IGN, Peru. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  3. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Ricardo N. Alonso, Diccionario minero: glosario de voces utilizadas por los mineros de Iberoamérica, p. 122, see: Huairachina
  5. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Convención Province 1 (Cusco Region)
  6. ↑ "Corihuayrachina or Victoria’s Secret Revealed, A Report of the 2001 National Geographic Society Vilcabamba Expedition". Adventure Specialists. Gary R Ziegler. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
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