The Cordillera Central (
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for central mountain range) is part of 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 ...
in
Peru
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. It extends in a northerly direction approximately between 11º 39’ and 12º 37’S and 75º 30’ and 76º 20’W
[ (or between 11°37' and 12°26'S and 75°30' and 76°18'W)][ for about 60 km to 100 km. It contains the Paryaqaqa (P), Yauyos (Y) and Pichqa Waqra (PW) mountain ranges. It is located 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
* ...
and in the Lima Region
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Lima Province, which contains the city of Lima, ...
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The name ''Cordillera Central'' is also applied for one of the three ranges that cross Peru in a northwesterly direction between the Cordillera Occidental ("the western range") where the Cordillera Central of the Junín and Lima Regions is located and the Cordillera Oriental ("the eastern range").][ The mountaineer Evelio Echevarría uses the term for the La Viuda range and the Khaskaqucha range.
]
Mountains
The highest mountain in the range is Qutuni at (or ) in the Pichqa Waqra range.[ Other mountains are listed below:][escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region)]
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Mountain ranges of the Department of Junín
Mountain ranges of the Department of Lima
Mountain ranges of Peru
Mountain ranges of the Andes
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