Altarniyoc
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| Altarniyoc | |
|---|---|
  Altarniyoc Location within Peru | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,346 m (17,539 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 12°12′55″S 75°56′13″W / 12.21528°S 75.93694°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Peru, Lima Region |
| Parent range | Andes, Cordillera Central |
Altarniyoc (Spanish altar altar, possibly from Quechua -ni, -yuq suffixes,[2] "the one with an altar") is a 5,356-metre-high (17,572 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, on the border of the districts of Miraflores and Tanta. Altarniyoc lies southeast of a lake named Piscococha, southwest of the peak of Uman and northeast of Huayna Cotoni and Ticlla of the Pichcahuajra mountain range.[1][3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Nevado Altarniyoc". IGN, Peru. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
- ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
- ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region)
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