Chinchirusa (also spelled ''Chinchirosa'') is a mountain in the
Andes
The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...
of
Peru
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, about high. It lies in the
Junín Region Junín may refer to:
Places Argentina
* Junín Partido
** Junín, Buenos Aires
*** Junín Airport
* Junín Department, Mendoza
** Junín, Mendoza
* Junín Department, San Luis
* Junín de los Andes, Neuquén
Colombia
* Junín, Cundinamarca
* ...
,
Yauli Province,
Yauli District, and in the
Lima Region
The Department of Lima (), known as the Department of the Capital () until 1823, 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, ...
,
Huarochiri Province,
Chicla District
Chicla District is one of thirty-two Districts of Peru, districts of the Huarochirí Province, located in the Department of Lima in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital''. Retrieved April 11, 2008 ...
. Chinchirusa is situated near the
Antikuna mountain pass, west of
Tuku Mach'ay, and northeast of
Chuqi Chukchu and
Paraqti
Paraqti (Quechua ''paray'' to rain, ''-pti, qti'' a suffix, "if it rains", Hispanicized spelling ''Paracte'') is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru, about high. It lies in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Yauli District, ...
.
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References
Five-thousanders of the Andes
Mountains of the Department of Junín
Mountains of the Department of Lima
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