Jacabamba

{{short description|Mountain in Peru}}

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| name = Jacabamba

| photo = perillaerea.jpg

| photo_caption = Aerial view of the Cordillera Blanca as seen from the east with Jacabamba in the center (the one with three spots of snow on its eastern slope)

| map = Peru | map_caption = Peru

| location = Peru, Ancash Region

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| coordinates = {{coord|9|19|19|S|77|19|15|W|type:mountain_region:PE_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| elevation_m = 5566

| elevation_ref = escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Asunción Province (Ancash Region)

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| range = Andes, Cordillera Blanca

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Jacabamba{{Cite book|title=Peru 1:100 000, Huari (19-i)|publisher=IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú)}} (possibly from Quechua qaqa rock, pampa a large plain,{{Ref Laime}} "rock plain") is a {{convert|5566|m|ft|adj=mid|-high|0}} mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru.{{Cite book|title=Alpenvereinskarte 0/3b. Cordillera Blanca Süd (Peru). 1:100 000|publisher=Oesterreichischer Alpenverein|year=2005|isbn=3-937530-05-3}} It is situated in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District, in the Carhuaz Province, Marcará District, and in the Huari Province, Huari District. Jacabamba lies between mount Copap to the north and Chinchey to the south. Lake Rurichinchay lies at its feet.

The rivers Jacabamba and Rurichinchay originate on the east side of the mountain and flow to the south-west. They belong to the watershed of the Marañón River.