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Q'umirqucha (Checacupe)

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Elevation
  
5,060 m

Q'umirqucha (Checacupe)

Location
  
Peru, Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Checacupe District

Mountain range
  
Cordillera Vilcanota, Andes

Parent ranges
  
Andes, Cordillera Vilcanota

Q'umirqucha (Quechua q'umir green, qucha lake, "green lake", hispanicized spelling Comercocha) is a 5,060 m (16,601 ft) high mountain in the Willkapampa mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Checacupe District. Q'umirqucha lies southwest of the glaciated area of Rit'ipampa (Quechua for "snow plain"): It is situated south of the Wanqani River (Huancane) near a lake named Suraqucha.

References

Q'umirqucha (Checacupe) Wikipedia