Corihuasi (possibly from

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...

''quri'' gold, ''wasi'' house, "gold house") is a mountain in the

Pariacaca Pariacaca, Paria Caca'','' Paryaqaqa, Parya Qaqa, (possibly from Quechua ''parya'' reddish; copper; sparrow, ''qaqa'' rock) or Tullujuto (possibly from Quechua ''tullu'' bone, ''qutu'' heap, "bone heap") is the highest mountain in the Pariacaca ...

or Huarochiri mountain range in the

Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...

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, about high. It is located in the

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Jauja Province Jauja Province is a Peruvian province. It is one of the nine provinces of the Junín Region. To the north it borders with the Yauli, Tarma and Chanchamayo Provinces. To the east with the Satipo Province, to the south with the Concepción Prov ...

Canchayllo District Canchayllo District is one of thirty-four districts of the Jauja Province in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital''. Retrieved April 11, 2008. Its seat is Canchayllo. Geography The district lie ...

, and in the

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, Huarochiri Province, Quinti District. Corihuasi lies between the mountains

Colquepucro Colquepucro or Collquepucro (possibly from Quechua ''qullqi'' money, silver, ''p'ukru'' - s. gorge; ravine; gully; hollow; valley,) is a mountain in the Pariacaca or Huarochirí mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in ...

in the north-west and

in the south-east. It is situated on the western border of the Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve. Satellite images from 1998, 2005, 2010, 2011 and 2012 show that the Corihuasi glacier which flows to the northeast has retreated. The glacier lies at .

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