Cayco (Cusco)

Cayco
Cayco
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,108 m (16,759 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°14′57″S 72°54′33″W / 13.24917°S 72.90917°W / -13.24917; -72.90917Coordinates: 13°14′57″S 72°54′33″W / 13.24917°S 72.90917°W / -13.24917; -72.90917 
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Andes, Vilcabamba

Cayco (possibly from Quechua for a type of hunt)[2] is a 5,108-metre-high (16,759 ft) mountain in the Vilcabamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, La Convención Province, on the border of the districts of Santa Teresa and Vilcabamba. Cayco lies southwest of Choquetacarpo and northeast of Pumasillo and a lake named Pumasillococha (possibly from in the Quechua spelling Pumasilluqucha).[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Cerro Cayco". IGN, Peru. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ Daniel A. de Lamo, Camélidos Sudamericanos, Ministerio de Agricultura, Buenos Aires, 2011
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Convención Province 1 (Cusco Region)


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