Q'irayuq

Q'irayuq
Q'irayuq

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,092 m (16,706 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°12′41″S 71°57′16″W / 13.21139°S 71.95444°W / -13.21139; -71.95444Coordinates: 13°12′41″S 71°57′16″W / 13.21139°S 71.95444°W / -13.21139; -71.95444 [2]
Geography
Location Peru
Parent range Andes, Urupampa

Q'irayuq (Quechua q'ira a species of wild lupin,[3] Lupinus platiphyllus,[4] -yuq a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the lupin species", also spelled Ccerayoc) is a 5,092-metre-high (16,706 ft) mountain in the Urupampa mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, in the districts Calca and Lares. It lies immediately east of Sawasiray (Qullqi Cruz) and northeast of Kuntur Wachana.[5]

See also

Media related to Urupampa mountain range at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ↑ Mapa de peligros de la ciudad de Calca, Informe final, Proyecto INDECI – PNUD PER / 02/ 051, Ciudades sostenibles (see map of Calca, unnamed)
  2. ↑ ign.gob.pe IGN, Peru, "Ccerayoc"
  3. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (5-vowel-system): q'era - s. Bot. (Lupinus sp). Lupino silvestre. || V. HANK'ASQ'ERA.
  4. ↑ idmaperu.org Archived October 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Diagnóstico y Plan Maestro del Santuario Nacional de Ampay (in Spanish): "... "q'era" (Lupinus platiphyllus) ..."
  5. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Calca Province (Cusco Region)


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