Cushuropata | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,000 m (16,000 ft) |
Coordinates | 10°31′42″S 76°42′57″W / 10.52833°S 76.71583°W |
Geography | |
Location | Peru, Lima Region, Pasco Region |
Parent range | Andes, Rawra |
Cushuropata[1][2] (possibly from local Quechua kushuru an edible kind of seaweed, pata step, bank of a river)[3][4] is a mountain in the Rawra mountain range in the Andes of Peru whose summit reaches about 5,000 m (16,000 ft) above sea level.[1] It is located in the boundary between the regions of Lima and Pasco.[2] Cushuropata lies southeast of Chuspe.[1]