Suyruqucha (Huarochirí)

Suyruqucha (Quechua suyru a very long dress tracked after when worn, qucha lake,[2] Hispanicized spelling Suerococha) is a 5,252-metre-high (17,231 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru and the name of a little lake near the mountain.

The peak of the mountain lies in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, on the border of the districts of Huarochirí, San Damian and San Mateo.

[1][3] The mountain is named after a small lake northwest of it and southeast of Uqhu.

[1] It lies in the San Mateo District at 11°54′07″S 76°14′16″W / 11.90194°S 76.23778°W / -11.90194; -76.23778.

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