Corihuayrachina (Vilcabamba)

This article is about the mountain in the Vilcabamba District, La Convención Province, Cusco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Quriwayrachina.
Corihuayrachina
Corihuayrachina is located in Peru
Corihuayrachina
Corihuayrachina
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,404 m (17,730 ft)[1]
Coordinates13°21′06″S 72°49′15″W / 13.35167°S 72.82083°W / -13.35167; -72.82083[2]
Geography
LocationPeru, Cusco Region
Parent rangeAndes, Vilcabamba

Corihuayrachina (possibly from Quechua quri gold, wayrachina a special oven for smelting metal, "oven for smelting gold")[3][4] erroneously also Corihuaynachina, is a mountain in the Vilcabamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,404 metres (17,730 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, La Convención Province, Vilcabamba District, at a little lake named Corihuayrachina. Corihuayrachina lies south of the Pumasillo massif and west of Padreyoc.[5] The archaeological sites of Corihuayrachina[6] and Choquequirao (possibly from in the Quechua spelling Chuqik'iraw) are west and southwest of the mountain Corihuayrachina.

References

  1. ^ René Pumayalli Saloma, Mapa de Peligros de Desembalses en Santa Teresa, Cusco, en un Contexto de Cambio Climático, 2014
  2. ^ "Nevados". IGN, Peru. Archived from the original on February 13, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  3. ^ "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005.
  4. ^ Ricardo N. Alonso, Diccionario minero: glosario de voces utilizadas por los mineros de Iberoamérica, p. 122, see: Huairachina
  5. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Convención Province 1 (Cusco Region)
  6. ^ "Corihuayrachina or Victoria's Secret Revealed, A Report of the 2001 National Geographic Society Vilcabamba Expedition". Adventure Specialists. Gary R Ziegler. Archived from the original on August 11, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2014.