Altarniyoc (

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''altar''

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, possibly from

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''-ni'', ''-yuq'' suffixes, "the one with an altar") is a mountain in the ''

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'' in the

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. It is located in the

Lima Region The Department of Lima () is a department and region located in the central coast of Peru, the ''seat of the Regional Government'' is Huacho. Lima Province, which contains the city of Lima, the country's capital, is located west of the Depar ...

Yauyos Province The Yauyos Province is a province located in the Lima Region of Peru. It is one of the eleven that make up that region. Boundaries *North: Huarochirí Province *East: Junín Region, Huancavelica Region *South: Ica Region *West: Cañete Provinc ...

, on the border of the districts of Miraflores and

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. Altarniyoc lies southeast of a lake named Piscococha, southwest of the peak of

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and northeast of

Huayna Cotoni Huayna Cotoni or Wayna Qutuni( Aymara ''wayna'' young (man), bachelor, ''qutu'' heap, pile, ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership ("the one with a heap"), '' Qutuni'' a neighboring mountain, "young Qutuni", Hispanicized spellings ''Huayna Cotoni ...

and Ticlla of the Pichcahuajra mountain range.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region)

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