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Pacoorcco (Moquegua)

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(Redirected from P'aqu Urqu (Moquegua)) Mountain in Peru For the mountain in the Arequipa Region, Peru, see P'aqu Urqu (Arequipa). For the mountain in Bolivia, see P'aqu Urqu (Bolivia).
Pacoorcco
Satellite image of the volcano Ubinas (on the left), Pacoorcco (the light-colored complex north-east of it) and Pirhuane (north of Pacoorcco)
Highest point
Elevation4,940 m (16,210 ft)
Coordinates16°18′10″S 70°49′2″W / 16.30278°S 70.81722°W / -16.30278; -70.81722
Geography
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LocationPeru, Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province
Parent rangeAndes

Pacoorcco (possibly from Quechua p'aqu blond, fair, a color similar to gold, urqu mountain, "'blond' or slightly golden mountain") erroneously also Poocoorco, is a 4,940-metre-high (16,207 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. The mountain is located in the Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province, Ubinas District, north-east of the active volcano Ubinas and south of the mountain Pirhuane.

References

  1. Valoración del Servicio Ambiental de Provisión de Agua con Base en la Reserva Nacional Salinas y Aguada Blanca - Cuenca del Río Chili, PROFONANPE, Lima, 2007
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the General Sánchez Cerro (Moquegua Region)


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