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Pillku Urqu

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Location
  
Peru, Cusco Region

Mountain range
  
Andes

Elevation
  
4,448 m

Parent range
  
Andes

Pillku Urqu

Similar
  
Araway Qhata, Muyu Urqu, Sinqa, Pachatusan, Wanakawri

Pillku Urqu (Quechua pillku red, urqu mountain), also known as Pikul, Piqul (possibly a corruption of pillku, Hispanicized spellings Piccol, Picol, also Pikol, Piqol) or Wayna Piqul (Quechua wayna young, Hispanicized Huaynapicol, Huaynapiccol, also Wayna Piqol), is a 4,448-metre-high (14,593 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru, near the city of Cusco. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Taray District, and in the Cusco Province, San Jerónimo District, north of San Jerónimo.

Map of Pillku Urqu, Peru

By the local people Pillku Urqu has been venerated as an apu.

References

Pillku Urqu Wikipedia