Saqra Mach'ay (

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 ...

''saqra'' malignant, pernicious, bad, bad tempered, wicked; restless; devil,

synonym A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are a ...

of ''

supay In the Quechua people, Quechua, Aymara people, Aymara, and Inca mythology, Inca mythologies, (from "shadow"; ) was originally an ambivalent spirit, both benevolent and harmful, a denizen of the Incan netherworld (Pacha (Inca mythology)#Ukhu Pac ...

'', ''mach'ay'' cave, hispanicized spelling ''Sagramachay'') 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

Pasco Region Pasco () is a department and region in central 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 ...

Daniel Alcides Carrión Province Daniel commonly refers to: * Daniel (given name), a masculine given name and a surname * List of people named Daniel * List of people with surname Daniel * Daniel (biblical figure) * Book of Daniel, a biblical apocalypse, "an account of the activi ...

Yanahuanca District Yanahuanca District is one of eight Districts of Peru, districts of the Daniel Alcides Carrión Province in the mountains of central Peru. Geography The Rawra mountain range, Rawra mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest mount ...

. Saqra Mach'ay lies southwest of Puka Mach'ay ("red cave").

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Four-thousanders of the Andes Mountains of the Department of Pasco {{Pasco-geo-stub