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Liyunqucha

Coordinates: 11°32′33″S 76°19′56″W / 11.54250°S 76.33222°W / -11.54250; -76.33222
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Liyunqucha
Liyunqucha is located in Peru
Liyunqucha
Liyunqucha
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,215 m (17,110 ft)[1]
Coordinates11°32′33″S 76°19′56″W / 11.54250°S 76.33222°W / -11.54250; -76.33222
Geography
LocationPeru, Junín Region, Lima Region
Parent rangeAndes

Liyunqucha (Quechua liyun lion (a borrowing from Spanish león, here referring to the cougar), qucha lake,[2][3] "cougar's (or lion's) lake", also spelled León Cocha) is a 5,215-metre-high (17,110 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Marcapomacocha District, and in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, Carampoma District. Liyunqucha lies northwest of Yana Ulla and southeast of a mountain named Lichiqucha.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Municipalidad Distrital de Carampoma". municipalidadesperuanas.com. Retrieved December 27, 2015.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Samuel Majerhua Castro, La Escritura Fonémica del Quechua Ayacuchano, FLACSO, Ecuador, Ayacucho 2008
  3. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauli Province (Junín Region)