Corihuasi

Corihuasi
Corihuasi is located in Peru
Corihuasi
Corihuasi
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,200 m (17,100 ft)[1]
Coordinates11°59′30″S 76°00′40″W / 11.99167°S 76.01111°W / -11.99167; -76.01111
Geography
LocationPeru, Lima Region, Junín Region
Parent rangeAndes, Pariacaca

Corihuasi (possibly from Quechua quri gold, wasi house,[2] "gold house") is a mountain in the Pariacaca or Huarochiri mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is located in the Junín Region, Jauja Province, Canchayllo District, and in the Lima Region, Huarochiri Province, Quinti District. Corihuasi lies between the mountains Colquepucro in the north-west and Pariacaca in the south-east.[1] It is situated on the western border of the Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve.[3]

Satellite images from 1998, 2005, 2010, 2011 and 2012 show that the Corihuasi glacier which flows to the northeast has retreated. The glacier lies at 11°58′58″S 76°00′35″W / 11.98278°S 76.00972°W / -11.98278; -76.00972.[4]

  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochirí (Lima Region)
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ ParksWatch, Park Profile - Peru Nor Yauyos – Cochas Landscape Reserve, p. 6
  4. ^ "Corihuasi East Glacier Retreat, Peru". glacierchange.wordpress.com. 19 January 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2014.