Sahuasiray

{{short description|Mountain in Peru}}

{{About|the mountain in the Calca Province, Cusco Region, Peru|other uses|Qullqi Cruz (disambiguation){{!}}Qullqi Cruz}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Sahuasiray

| photo = Peru_-_Lares_Trek_016_-_gprgeous_glaciers_spill_down_the_high_peaks_(7584247754).jpg

| photo_caption = The snow-covered Sahuasiray.

| map = Peru

| map_caption = Peru

| location = Cusco, Peru

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| coordinates = {{coord|13|12|50|S|71|59|18|W|type:mountain_region:PE_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| elevation_m = 5818

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| prominence_m = 1920

| prominence_ref = [http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/peru.html "Peru: 22 Mountain Summits with Prominence of 1,500 meters or greater"] Listed here as "Sahuasiray (Nevado Colque Cruz)" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2013-03-02.

| listing = Ultra

| range = Urubamba, Andes

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| first_ascent = Sahuasiray N: 1-1963 via E. ridge. Sahuasiray S: 1-1968Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, 1994

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| other_name = Ccolque Cruz

| map_size = 200

}}

Sahuasiray{{Cite book|title=The Andes: A Guide for Climbers|last=Biggar|first=John|date=2005|publisher=Andes|isbn=9780953608720|pages=113|language=en}}{{Cite book|title=The Rough Guide to Peru|last=Jenkins|first=Dilwyn|publisher=Rough Guides|year=2005|pages=158}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=8483|title=Nevado Sahuasiray - Peakbagger.com|website=www.peakbagger.com|access-date=2016-07-14}} (possibly from Quechua sawa matrimony, siray to sew,Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): sawa. s. Matrimonio. Casamiento, nupcias. siray. tr. Coser. Unir mediante puntadas.), Sawasiray,{{Cite book|title=Spell of the Urubamba: Anthropogeographical Essays on an Andean Valley in Space and Time|last=Gade|first=Daniel|publisher=Springer|year=2015|isbn=9783319208497|pages=133}} Colque Cruz or Ccolque Cruz{{Cite book|title=Peru 1:100 000, Calca (27-s)|publisher=IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú)}} (possibly from Aymara and Quechua qullqi silver, money, Spanish cruz cross, "silver cross"){{Citation needed|date=July 2016}}, is one of the highest mountains in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about {{convert|5818|m|ft|0}} high. It lies in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, northwest of Calca. It is situated northeast of Chicón and Canchacanchajasa, southeast of Sirihuani and northwest of Condorhuachana.