Pinqullu ( Aymara for a kind of

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of the

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, Hispanicized spelling ''Pincullo'') is a mountain in the Chunta mountain range in the Andes of

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. It lies in the

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, northwest of

Antarasu Antarasu (Quechua ''anta'' copper, Ancash Quechua ''rasu'' snow, ice, mountain with snow, "snow-covered copper mountain", Hispanicized spelling ''Antarazo'') is a mountain in the Chunta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is loc ...

. The river Kachimayu originates southwest of the mountain. It flows along the southern slopes of Pinqullu. Yawarqucha ("blood lake", ''Yahuarcocha'') is the name of the little lake southwest of the peak.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Castrovirreyna Province (Huancavelica Region)

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