Surehuayco

Surehuayco
Surehuayco is located in Peru
Surehuayco
Surehuayco
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,800 m (15,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°55′49″S 70°35′52″W / 16.93028°S 70.59778°W / -16.93028; -70.59778
Geography
LocationPeru, Moquegua Region
Parent rangeAndes

Surehuayco (possibly from Aymara suri rhea, wayku brook or gorge,[2] "rhea brook (or gorge)") and from Quechua Suri Wayq'u) is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It is situated in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Torata District. It lies southwest of the mountain Iruma and east of Achucallani. Surehuayco is also the name of an intermittent stream north of the mountain.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Mariscal Nieto Province (Moquegua Region)
  2. ^ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary) see: Suri and Quebrada de montes


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