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Carhuachuco

Coordinates: 11°51′08″S 76°3′18″W / 11.85222°S 76.05500°W / -11.85222; -76.05500
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Carhuachuco
Carhuachuco is located in Peru
Carhuachuco
Carhuachuco
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,507 m (18,068 ft)[1]
Coordinates11°51′08″S 76°3′18″W / 11.85222°S 76.05500°W / -11.85222; -76.05500[2]
Geography
LocationPeru, Junín Region
Parent rangeAndes, Pariacaca

Carhuachuco (possibly from Quechua qarwa yellowish, chuku hat)[3][4] is a mountain in the Pariacaca mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,507 metres (18,068 ft) high. It is situated in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, in the districts Suitucancha and Yauli. Carhuachuco lies south of the mountain Putka and south-west of the lake Putkaqucha.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ acta primer taller.pdf - Gobierno Regional Junín
  2. ^ "Nevados". IGN, Peru. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  3. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ^ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  5. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauli Province (Junín Region)
  6. ^ "Lagunas". IGN, Peru. Retrieved June 11, 2014.


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