Suyruqucha (Junín-Lima)

This article is about the mountain and a little lake on the border of the Junín Region and the Lima Region, Peru. For other uses, see Suyruqucha. For the mountain on the border of the Ancash Region and the Lima Region, Peru, named Rahu Qulluta or Suyruqucha, see Rahu Qulluta.
Suyruqucha
Suyruqucha

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,500 m (18,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 11°56′20″S 76°03′07″W / 11.93889°S 76.05194°W / -11.93889; -76.05194Coordinates: 11°56′20″S 76°03′07″W / 11.93889°S 76.05194°W / -11.93889; -76.05194 [2]
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region, Junín Region
Parent range Andes, Paryaqaqa mountain range

Suyruqucha (Quechua suyru a very long dress tracked after when worn, qucha lake,[3] also spelled Suiricocha) is a mountain in the Paryaqaqa or Waruchiri mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,500 metres (18,045 ft) high. It is located in the Junín Region, Jauja Province, Canchayllo District, in the Yauli Province, Suitucancha District, and in the Lima Region, Huarochiri Province, Quinti District. It lies on the western border of the Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve.[4] It is situated northwest of Qullqip'ukru. Wararayuq lies west of it.[1]

Suyruqucha (Suiricocha) is also the name of a lake west of the mountain at 11°57′08″S 76°04′14″W / 11.95222°S 76.07056°W / -11.95222; -76.07056 and the name of a place at the lake (Suiricocha / Suirococha).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochirí (Lima Region) showing the mountain at a place name labelled Suiricocha / Suirococha
  2. ↑ "Nevado Suiricocha". IGN, Peru. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ ParksWatch, Park Profile - Peru Nor Yauyos – Cochas Landscape Reserve, p. 6


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