Quchayuq (

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 ...

''qucha'' lake, ''-yuq'' a

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, "the one with a lake (or lakes)", also spelled ''Jochayo'') or Rumi Cruz (Quechua ''rumi'' stone,

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 ...

''cruz'' cross, "stone cross") is a mountain in

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 ...

, about high. 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 * ...

, Concepción Province, on the border of the districts of Andamarca and

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. It is northeast of the

Waytapallana Huaytapallana (possibly from in the Quechua spelling ''Waytapallana''; ''wayta'' wild flower, a little bunch of flowers, ''pallay'' to collect, ''pallana'' an instrument to collect fruit / collectable, ''Waytapallana'' "a place where you collec ...

mountain range. Quchayuq lies north of Utkhu Warqu and the lake and the mountain named

Putkaqucha Putkaqucha (Quechua ''putka'' muddy (Jauja Quechua), ''qucha'' lake, "muddy lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Putcacocha'') is a mountain in the Waytapallana mountain range in Peru. It is located in the Junín Region Junín may refer to: Place ...

References

Five-thousanders of the Andes Mountains of the Department of Junín {{Junín-geo-stub