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Q'iwiri

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Parent range
  
Andes

Mountain range
  
Andes

Elevation
  
5,255 m

Q'iwiri

Location
  
Peru, Moquegua Region, Puno Region

Q'iwiri (Aymara q'iwi a curved line; a cord wound around the hat or other things, -ri a suffix, Hispanicized spelling Quihuire) is a 5,255-metre-high (17,241 ft) mountain in the Peruvian Andes. It is located in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District, and in the Puno Region, Puno Province, in the districts Acora and Pichacani. Q'iwiri lies northwest of Qurini and north of a lake named Aqhuya Ch'alla (Pasto Grande).

References

Q'iwiri Wikipedia