Pacoorcco (Moquegua)
| Pacoorcco | |
|---|---|
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,940 m (16,210 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 16°18′10″S 70°49′2″W / 16.30278°S 70.81722°W |
| Geography | |
  Pacoorcco Peru | |
| Location | Peru, Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province |
| Parent range | Andes |
Pacoorcco (possibly from Quechua p'aqu blond, fair, a color similar to gold, urqu mountain,[2] "'blond' or slightly golden mountain") erroneously also Poocoorco, is a 4,940-metre-high (16,207 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. The mountain is located in the Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province, Ubinas District, north-east of the active volcano Ubinas and south of the mountain Pirhuane.[3]
References
- ^ Valoración del Servicio Ambiental de Provisión de Agua con Base en la Reserva Nacional Salinas y Aguada Blanca - Cuenca del Río Chili, PROFONANPE, Lima, 2007
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
- ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the General Sánchez Cerro (Moquegua Region)