Qunchupata (

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

''qunchu'' muddy, ''pata'' step, bank of a river, "muddy step" or "muddy bank", Hispanicized spelling ''Conchupata'') is a mountain in the

Andes The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

, about high. It is located in the

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, Yauli Province,

Marcapomacocha District Marcapomacocha District is one of ten districts of the Yauli Province in the Junín Region in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática The Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) ("National Institute of Statist ...

, and in the

Lima Region The Department of Lima (), known as the Department of the Capital () until 1823, is a department and region located in the central coast of Peru; the seat of the regional government is Huacho. Lima Province, which contains the city of Lima, ...

, Huarochirí Province,

Chicla District Chicla District is one of thirty-two Districts of Peru, districts of the Huarochirí Province, located in the Department of Lima in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital''. Retrieved April 11, 2008 ...

. Qunchupata lies southwest of

Anta Q'asa Anta Q'asa ( Quechua ''anta'' copper, ''q'asa'' mountain pass, "copper mountain pass", Hispanicized spelling ''Antaccasa, Antajasa'') is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Marcapom ...

and Quriqucha and southeast of Yana Ulla. It is situated north of the Hatun Uqhu valley (Quechua for "big swamp", Hispanicized ''Jatun Ogo'').

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Five-thousanders of the Andes Mountains of the Department of Lima Mountains of the Department of Junín {{LimaRegion-geo-stub