Utush Mikhunan

Utush Mikhunan (Quechua utush a plant of the family Asteraceae, mikhuna meal, -n a suffix,[2][3] Hispanicized spelling Otoshmicunan) is a 5,228-metre-high (17,152 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru. It lies in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, on the border of the districts of San Damian and San Mateo. Utush Mikhunan is situated northwest of Uqhu and Suyruqucha.[1][4]

Utush Mikhunan
Utush Mikhunan
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,228 m (17,152 ft)[1]
Coordinates11°52′55″S 76°15′57″W
Geography
LocationPeru, Lima Region
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Central

References

  1. "Nevado Otoshmicunan". IGN, Peru. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  2. Nishme Yasmín Kahatt Soto, "Estudio etnobotánico para el diseño de sistemas agroforestales en el distrito de Chalaco - Piura", Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (thesis), Lima 2007, p. 51
  3. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochirí Province (Lima Region)


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