Solocmachay (possibly from
Quechua ''sut'uy'' to drip, ''-y'' a
suffix
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, ''mach'ay'' cave,
"drippy cave") is a mountain in the
Vilcabamba mountain range in the
Andes of
Peru. It is located in the
Cusco Region
Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu suyu ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de D ...
,
La Convención Province, on the border of the districts of
Inkawasi and
Vilcabamba.
[El Peruano, Normas Legales, Miercoles 19 de Noviembre de 2014, Ley No. 30265] Solocmachay lies northwest of
Choquesafra
ChoquesafraTaken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate Peru RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994 or Choquezafra (possibly from Quechua ''chuqi'' metal, every kind of precious metal / gold ( .
References
Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Cusco Region
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