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Corihuayrachina (Vilcabamba)

Coordinates: 13°21′06″S 72°49′15″W / 13.35167°S 72.82083°W / -13.35167; -72.82083
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Corihuayrachina
Corihuayrachina is located in Peru
Corihuayrachina
Corihuayrachina
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,404 m (17,730 ft)[1]
Coordinates13°21′06″S 72°49′15″W / 13.35167°S 72.82083°W / -13.35167; -72.82083[2]
Geography
LocationPeru, Cusco Region
Parent rangeAndes, Vilcabamba

Corihuayrachina (possibly from Quechua quri gold, wayrachina a special oven for smelting metal, "oven for smelting gold")[3][4] erroneously also Corihuaynachina, is a mountain in the Vilcabamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,404 metres (17,730 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, La Convención Province, Vilcabamba District, at a little lake named Corihuayrachina. Corihuayrachina lies south of the Pumasillo massif and west of Padreyoc.[5] The archaeological sites of Corihuayrachina[6] and Choquequirao (possibly from in the Quechua spelling Chuqik'iraw) are west and southwest of the mountain Corihuayrachina.

References

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  1. ^ René Pumayalli Saloma, Mapa de Peligros de Desembalses en Santa Teresa, Cusco, en un Contexto de Cambio Climático, 2014
  2. ^ "Nevados". IGN, Peru. Archived from the original on February 13, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  3. ^ "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005.
  4. ^ Ricardo N. Alonso, Diccionario minero: glosario de voces utilizadas por los mineros de Iberoamérica, p. 122, see: Huairachina
  5. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Convención Province 1 (Cusco Region)
  6. ^ "Corihuayrachina or Victoria's Secret Revealed, A Report of the 2001 National Geographic Society Vilcabamba Expedition". Adventure Specialists. Gary R Ziegler. Archived from the original on August 11, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2014.