Suyruqucha (Junín-Lima)

This article is about the mountain on the border of a little lake in the Junín Region and the Lima Region, Peru. For other uses, see Suyruqucha. For the mountain on the border of the Ancash Region and the Lima Region, Peru, named Rahu Qulluta or Suyruqucha, see Rahu Qulluta.

Suyruqucha (Quechua suyru a very long dress tracked after when worn, qucha lake,^[3] also spelled Suiricocha) is a mountain in the Paryaqaqa or Waruchiri mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,500 metres (18,045 ft) high. It is located in the Junín Region, Jauja Province, Canchayllo District, in the Yauli Province, Suitucancha District, and in the Lima Region, Huarochiri Province, Quinti District. It lies on the western border of the Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve.^[4] It is situated northwest of Qullqip'ukru. Wararayuq lies west of it.^[1]

Suyruqucha
Suyruqucha Peru
Highest point
Elevation	5,500 m (18,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates	11°56′20″S 76°03′07″W[2]
Geography
Location	Peru, Lima Region, Junín Region
Parent range	Andes, Paryaqaqa mountain range

Suyruqucha (Suiricocha) is also the name of a lake west of the mountain at 11°57′08″S 76°04′14″W and the name of a place at the lake (Suiricocha / Suirococha).^[1]