Chururu

Chururu
Chururu

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,010 m (16,440 ft) [1]
Coordinates 10°58′16″S 76°36′38″W / 10.97111°S 76.61056°W / -10.97111; -76.61056Coordinates: 10°58′16″S 76°36′38″W / 10.97111°S 76.61056°W / -10.97111; -76.61056
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes

Chururu (local name for a kind of flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi,[2] also applied for Phoenicoparrus andinus) also spelled Chururo) is a 5,010-metre-high (16,440 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Lima Region, Huaura Province, Santa Leonor District. It lies at the Yanama River southwest of Chururuyuq and west of Muruqucha.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, Oyón 1549, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. ↑ Domingo López Jeria, Biodiversidad de Chile, Patrimonio y Desafíos
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaura Province (Lima Region)


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