Qayqu (Cusco)

This article is about the mountain southwest of Chuqitakarpu on the border of the Santa Teresa District and the Vilcabamba District, La Convención Province, Cusco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Qayqu (disambiguation).
Qayqu
Qayqu

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, Willkapampa

Qayqu (Quechua for a type of hunt,[2] Hispanicized spelling Cayco) is a 5,108 metres (16,759 ft) high mountain in the Willkapampa 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. Qayqu lies southwest of Chuqitakarpu and northeast of Pumasillu and a lake named Pumasilluqucha ("Pumasillu lake", Hispanicized Pumasillococha).[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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