Qarwa Urqu (
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 ...
''qarwa'' pale, yellowish, golden, ''urqu'' mountain,
"yellowish mountain", hispanicized spelling ''Carhua Orjo'') is a mountain in the
Wansu mountain range in the
Andes
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of
Peru
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, about high. It is situated in the
Arequipa Region
Arequipa () is a department and region in southwestern Peru. It is the sixth largest department in Peru, after Puno, Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto, its sixth most populous department, and its eleventh least densely populated dep ...
,
La Unión Province,
Huaynacotas District. Qarwa Urqu lies at the Yana Wanaku valley ("black
guanaco
The guanaco ( ; ''Lama guanicoe'') is a camelid native to South America, closely related to the llama. Guanacos are one of two wild South American camelids; the other species is the vicuña, which lives at higher elevations.
Etymology
The gua ...
", ''Yanahuanaco'') northeast of Aqu Suntu and east of Wayrawiri.
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References
Five-thousanders of the Andes
Mountains of the Department of Arequipa
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