Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) Parent range Andes, Willkanuta | Location Peru, Puno Region | |
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Mountain range Andes, Cordillera Vilcanota | ||
Yuraq Salla (Quechua yuraq white, salla large cliff of gravel, "white cliff of gravel", hispanicized spelling Yurac Salla) is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is lies in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Ollachea District. Yuraq Salla is situated north-east of the mountains Quri Pintay, Taruka Sayana and Q'illu Sallayuq.
There is a little lake south-east of Yuraq Salla named Qurit'uruyuq ("the one with gold mud"). An intermittent stream of the same name flows from the lake to the north-east where it meets the river Khichumayu (Quichomayu).
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