Kushurupata

Kushurupata
Kushurupata

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 10°31′42″S 76°42′57″W / 10.52833°S 76.71583°W / -10.52833; -76.71583Coordinates: 10°31′42″S 76°42′57″W / 10.52833°S 76.71583°W / -10.52833; -76.71583 [2]
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region, Pasco Region
Parent range Andes, Rawra

Kushurupata (local Quechua kushuru an edible kind of seaweed, pata step, bank of a river,[3][4] hispanicized spelling Cushuropata) is a mountain in the Rawra mountain range in the Andes of Peru whose summit reaches about 5,000 m (16,000 ft) above sea level. It is located in the Lima Region, Oyón Province, Oyón District, and in the Pasco Region, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Yanahuanca District. Kushurupata lies southeast of Ch'uspi.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Daniel Alcides Carrión Province (Pasco Region)
  2. ↑ "Cerro Cushuropata". IGN, Peru. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  3. ↑ Leonel Alexander Menacho López, Yachakuqkunapa Shimi Qullqa, Anqash Qhichwa Shimichaw (Ministerio de Educación), Wordbook Ancash Quechua-Spanish
  4. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
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