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Yawarqucha (Huaytará)

Coordinates: 13°14′21″S 74°47′58″W / 13.23917°S 74.79944°W / -13.23917; -74.79944
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This article is about the mountain in the Huaytará Province, Huancavelica Region, Peru. For other uses, see Yawarqucha.
Yawarqucha
Yawarqucha is located in Peru
Yawarqucha
Yawarqucha
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,035 m (16,519 ft)[1]
Coordinates13°14′21″S 74°47′58″W / 13.23917°S 74.79944°W / -13.23917; -74.79944
Geography
LocationPeru, Huancavelica Region
Parent rangeAndes

Yawarqucha (Quechua yawar blood, qucha lake,[2] "blood lake", Hispanicized spelling Yahuarcocha) is a 5,035-metre-high (16,519 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Huancavelica Region, Huaytará Province, Pilpichaca District. Yawarqucha lies north of Wakan Q'allay.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Cerro Yahuarcocha". IGN, Peru. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huamanga Province (Ayacucho Region)


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