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Corihuayrachina (Vilcabamba)

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Location
  
Peru, Cusco Region

Elevation
  
5,404 m

Parent range
  
Andes, Vilcabamba

Mountain range
  
Andes

Corihuayrachina (Vilcabamba)

Similar
  
T'akaq, Muyu Urqu, Asiru Phat'jata, Pukarani

Corihuayrachina (possibly from Quechua quri gold, wayrachina a special oven for smelting metal, "oven for smelting gold",) erroneously also Corihuaynachina, is a mountain in the Vilcabamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,404 metres (17,730 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, La Convención Province, Vilcabamba District, at a little lake named Corihuayrachina. Corihuayrachina lies south of the Pumasillo massif and west of Padreyoc. The archaeological sites of Corihuayrachina and Choquequirao (Chuqik'iraw) are west and southwest of the mountain Corihuayrachina.

Map of Quriwayrachina, Peru

References

Corihuayrachina (Vilcabamba) Wikipedia