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Pichaqani (Cusco)

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Elevation
  
5,200 m (17,100 ft)

Parent range
  
Andes, Willkanuta

Location
  
Peru

Pichaqani (Cusco)

Translation
  
the one with a big needle (Aymara)

Pichaqani (Aymara pichaqa, phichaqa, piqacha a big needle, -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a big needle", hispanicized spelling Pichacani) is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District. Pichaqani lies between the mountain Q'umirqucha in the west and the lake Siwinaqucha in the east.

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Pichaqani (Cusco) Wikipedia