Suerococha (Ancash)

Suerococha
Huayhuash mountain range from space, looking to the northeast. Yerupaja and Siula are in the centre. Suerococha lies almost at the end of the sub-range in the foreground.
Highest point
Elevation 5,100 m (16,700 ft) [1]
Listing List of mountains in Peru
Coordinates 10°17′11″S 76°58′33″W / 10.28639°S 76.97583°W / -10.28639; -76.97583Coordinates: 10°17′11″S 76°58′33″W / 10.28639°S 76.97583°W / -10.28639; -76.97583 
Geography
Suerococha
Peru
Location Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range Andes, Huayhuash

Suerococha (possibly from Quechua suyru a very long dress tracked after when worn, qucha lake,[2]) is a mountain in the west of the Huayhuash mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,100 metres (16,732 ft) high, and the name of a small lake near the mountain. The mountain is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Pacllon District.[3] Suyruqucha lies on a sub-range west of Yerupaja, northwest of Huacrish and Auxilio and northeast of Rajucollota.

The mountain might have been named after a little lake southwest of it. It lies in the Copa District of the Lima Region at 10°18′20″S 76°59′15″W / 10.30556°S 76.98750°W / -10.30556; -76.98750.


References

  1. ↑ "Nevado Suerococha". IGN, Peru. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Ancash Region)]


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