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Minasniyuq (Cusco)

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Location
  
Peru, Cusco Region

Elevation
  
5,248 m

Parent range
  
Andes, Willkanuta

Minasniyuq (Cusco)

Mountain range
  
Cordillera Vilcanota, Andes

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Minasniyuq (Spanish minas mines, Quechua -ni, -yuq suffixes, "the one with mines", Hispanicized spelling Minasnioc) is a 5,248-metre-high (17,218 ft) mountain in the north of the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, in the districts Ccarhuayo and Ocongate, and in the Paucartambo Province, Kosñipata District. Minasniyuq lies southeast of the lake Minasqucha (Quechua qucha lake, Minascocha) and northwest of the mountains Sinaqara and Qullqipunku where the annual Quyllur Rit'i festival takes place.

Map of Minasniyuq, Peru

References

Minasniyuq (Cusco) Wikipedia