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Yuraqqucha (Lima Junín)

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Elevation
  
5,100 m

Parent range
  
Andes

Mountain range
  
Andes

Yuraqqucha (Lima-Junín)

Location
  
Peru, Lima Region, Junín Region

People also search for
  
Pukaqucha, Wayrakancha, Qunchupata, Suyruqucha, Sillaqaqa, Anta Q'asa, Antikuna, Kashpi, Uqhu

Yuraqqucha (Quechua yuraq white, qucha lake, "white lake", hispanicized spelling Yuraccocha) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,100 metres (16,732 ft) high. It is located in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Morococha District, and in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, Chicla District. Yuraqqucha lies northwest of a lake named Waqraqucha, the Antikuna mountain pass and the peak of Antikuna. Anta Q'asa, Sillaqaqa, Inka Kancha and Pukaqucha are situated west, southwest and northwest of Yuraqqucha.

Map of Yuraqqucha, Peru

The mountain is named after a little lake south of it. It lies in the Chicla District at 11°35′3″S 76°12′49″W.

References

Yuraqqucha (Lima-Junín) Wikipedia


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