Auxilio

{{short description|Mountain in Peru}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Auxilio

| photo = Cordillera Huayhuash 02394.JPG

| photo_caption = Huayhuash mountain range with Yerupaja (center-left) and the sub-range west of it (on the right) with Huacrish and Auxilio

| elevation_m = 5560

| elevation_ref = [http://perucordillerablanca.com/imagenes/mapa_huay.jpg perucordillerablanca.com] Map of the Huayhuash mountain range

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| range = Andes, Huayhuash

| listing = List of mountains in Peru

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| language = Quechua

| location = Peru, Ancash Region, Lima Region

| map = Peru

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| map_caption = Peru

| map_size = 240

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| coordinates = {{coord|10|18|20|S|76|57|55|W|type:mountain_region:PE_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = [http://mapcarta.com/25151246 mapcarta.com] "Nevado Auxilio", retrieved on December 21, 2013

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Auxilio (possibly from Quechua Awkillu word for apu (Andean mountain deity)Juan José Garda Miranda, Historia, religión y ritual de los pueblos ayacuchanos, Los santuarios de los Andes Centrales (in Spanish) or grandfather, old man,Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary the Hispanicized spelling is the misleading word Auxilio which means "assistance" or "support") is a mountain in the west of the Huayhuash mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about {{convert|5560|m|ft|0}} high. It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Pacllon District, and in the Lima Region, Cajatambo Province, Copa District.escale.minedu.gob.pe UGEL map of the Cajatambo Province (Lima Region)] Auxilio lies on the sub-range west of Yerupaja, south of Auxilio Lake and southwest of the mountain Huacrish.

File:Cordillera Huayhuash from space.jpg