Minasnioc (

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

''minas''

mines Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to: Extraction or digging *Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging *Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine Grammar *Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun Mi ...

, possibly from

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...

''-ni'', ''-yuq''

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es, "the one with mines") is a mountain in the north of the Vilcanota mountain range 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 ...

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

. It is situated in the

Cusco Region Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth-largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de Dios and Puno ...

, Quispicanchi Province, in the districts Ccarhuayo and Ocongate, and in the Paucartambo Province,

Kosñipata District Kosñipata District is one of six Districts of Peru, districts of the province Paucartambo Province, Paucartambo in Peru. Geography One of the highest peaks of the district is Qullqip'unqu, Qullqi P'unqu at . Other mountains are listed below: ...

. Minasnioc lies southeast of the lake Minascocha and northwest of the mountains

Cinajara Cinajara or Sinaqara is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, in the districts Ccarhuayo and Ocongate.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Q ...

and Jolljepuncoescale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 1 (Cusco Region) where the annual

Quyllur Rit'i Quyllurit'i or Qoyllur Rit'i ( 'bright white snow', from 'bright white' and 'snow') is a syncretic religious festival held annually at the Sinakara Valley in the southern highlands Cusco Region of Peru. Local indigenous people of the Andes kn ...

festival takes place.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Minasnioc (Cusco) Five-thousanders of the Andes Mountains of the Department of Cusco