Ukru Ukru
Ukru Ukru is located in Peru
Ukru Ukru
Ukru Ukru
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,800 m (15,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates12°06′24″S 75°59′45″W / 12.10667°S 75.99583°W / -12.10667; -75.99583
Geography
LocationPeru, Lima Region
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Central

Ukru Ukru (Quechua ukru hole, pit, hollow,[2] the reduplication indicates that there is a complex of something, "many holes", also spelled Ucroucro) is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 4,800 metres (15,748 ft). It is located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Tanta District. Ukru Ukru lies northwest of Paqarin Pawka and Saqsa and north of Muki at a lake named Pawqarqucha.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region)
  2. ↑ Ana Arias Torre, Toponimia de Ticapampa, in: Letras, Departamento Académico de Humanidades, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Letras, Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas, p. 191


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