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Sahuasiray

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Location
  
Cusco, Peru

Prominence
  
1,920 m

Parent range
  
Urubamba mountain range

Elevation
  
5,818 m

Mountain range
  
Andes

Listing
  
Ultra-prominent peak

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First ascent
  
Sahuasiray N: 1-1963 via E. ridge. Sahuasiray S: 1-1968

Similar
  
Pitusiray, Chicón, Sirihuani, Pumahuanca, Veronica

Sahuasiray (possibly from Quechua sawa matrimony, siray to sew,), Sawasiray, Colque Cruz or Ccolque Cruz (possibly from Aymara and Quechua qullqi silver, money, Spanish cruz cross, "silver cross"), is one of the highest mountains in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,818 metres (19,088 ft) high. It lies in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, northwest of Calca. It is situated northeast of Ch'iqun and Kancha Kancha Q'asa, southeast of Siriwani and northwest of Kuntur Wachana.

Map of Sawasiray, Peru

References

Sahuasiray Wikipedia