Colquepucro

Colquepucro
Colquepucro
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,658 m (18,563 ft) [1]
Coordinates 11°58′22″S 76°01′20″W / 11.97278°S 76.02222°W / -11.97278; -76.02222Coordinates: 11°58′22″S 76°01′20″W / 11.97278°S 76.02222°W / -11.97278; -76.02222 [2]
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region, Junín Region
Parent range Andes, Pariacaca mountain range

Colquepucro or Collquepucro (possibly from Quechua qullqi money, silver, p'ukru - s. gorge; ravine; gully; hollow; valley,[3][4]) is a mountain in the Pariacaca or Huarochiri mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,658 metres (18,563 ft) high. It is situated in the Junín Region, Jauja Province, Canchayllo District and in the Lima Region, Huarochiri Province, Quinti District. Colquepucro lies north-east of the mountains Quriwasi and Pariacaca.

References

  1. ↑ allthemountains.com/httpdocs/pariacaca.htm, Map of a part of the Pariacaca mountain range (inactive)
  2. ↑ www1.inei.gob.pe
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ "Traductor de P'ukru". babylon.com. Retrieved May 6, 2013.


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