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Suerococha (Cajatambo)

Coordinates: 10°23′10″S 76°51′20″W / 10.38611°S 76.85556°W / -10.38611; -76.85556
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Suerococha
Suerococha is located in Peru
Suerococha
Suerococha
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
ListingList of mountains in Peru
Coordinates10°23′10″S 76°51′20″W / 10.38611°S 76.85556°W / -10.38611; -76.85556
Naming
Language of nameQuechua
Geography
LocationPeru, Lima Region
Parent rangeAndes, Huayhuash

Suerococha (possibly from Quechua suyru a very long dress tracked after when worn, qucha lake)[2] is a mountain in the south of the Huayhuash mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high, and the name of a small lake near the mountain. The mountain is located in the Lima Region, Cajatambo Province, Cajatambo District. It lies east of Cuyoc.[1]

The mountain is named after the lake east of it at 10°23′00″S 76°51′06″W / 10.38333°S 76.85167°W / -10.38333; -76.85167.

References

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Ancash Region)
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.