Solocmachay (possibly from
Quechua
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''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
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of
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. It is located in the
Cusco Region
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,
La Convención Province
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, 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 the Department of Cusco
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