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Pacoorcco (Moquegua)

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Parent range
  
Andes

Mountain range
  
Andes

Elevation
  
4,940 m

Pacoorcco (Moquegua)

Location
  
Peru, Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province

Pacoorcco (possibly from Quechua p'aqu blond, fair, a color similar to gold, urqu mountain, "'blond' or slightly golden mountain") erroneously also Poocoorco, is a 4,940-metre (16,207 ft) high mountain in the Andes of Peru. The mountain is located in the Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province, Ubinas District, north-east of the active volcano Ubinas and south of the mountain Pirhuane.

Map of P'aqu Urqu, Peru

References

Pacoorcco (Moquegua) Wikipedia