Yuraq Qaqa (

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 ...

''yuraq'' white, ''qaqa'' rock, "white rock", Hispanicized spelling ''Yuracjaja'') is a mountain in the Wansu 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 ...

, about high. It is situated in the

Apurímac Region Apurímac is the name of: *Apurímac River, a river in the south-eastern parts of central Peru * Department of Apurímac, a region in the south-eastern parts of central Peru *Three albums by the German new-age band Cusco Cusco or Cuzco (; or ...

, Antabamba Province,

Juan Espinoza Medrano District Juan Espinoza Medrano District is one of the seven districts of the province Antabamba in Peru. The district is named after Juan de Espinosa Medrano, the most prominent figure of the Literary Baroque of Peru. Geography The Wansu mountain range ...

. Yuraq Qaqa lies west of the peaks of

Quri Pawkara Quri Pawkara (Quechua ''quri'' gold, ''pawkara'' a species of bird,Shimikunata Asirtachik Killka Inka-Kastellanu, Instituto Linguístico de Verano, Lima, Peru, 2002 (possibly Russet-backed oropendola) also spelled ''Coripaucara'') is a mountain ...

and southeast of

Kuntur Wasi Kuntur Wasi (Quechua ''kuntur'' condor, ''wasi'' house, "condor house") is the name given to the ruins of a religious center with complex architecture and stone sculptures, located in the Andean highlands of Peru. It is believed the inhabitants ...

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Four-thousanders of the Andes Mountains of the Department of Apurímac {{Apurímac-geo-stub