Muruqucha

This article is about the mountain in the Lima Region, Peru. For other uses, see Muruqucha (disambiguation).
Muruqucha
Muruqucha is located in Peru
Muruqucha
Muruqucha
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,193 m (17,037 ft)[1]
Coordinates10°58′37″S 76°35′23″W / 10.97694°S 76.58972°W / -10.97694; -76.58972
Geography
LocationPeru, Lima Region
Parent rangeAndes

Muruqucha (Quechua muru blunt; mutilated; stained; pip, grain; smallpox, qucha lake,[2] Hispanicized spelling Morococha) is a 5,193-metre-high (17,037 ft) mountain near a little lake of that name in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Lima Region, Huaura Province, Santa Leonor District. It lies southeast of Chururuyuq and east of Chururu.[3]

The lake named Muruqucha is southeast of the mountain in the Pasco Region, Pasco Province, Huayllay District, at 10°59′23″S 76°34′40″W / 10.98972°S 76.57778°W / -10.98972; -76.57778.[3]

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