Yuraqqucha (Lima-Junín)

{{short description|Mountain in Peru}}

{{About|the mountain at a lake of the same name on the border of the Junín Region and the Lima Region, Peru|other uses|Yuraqqucha (disambiguation)}}

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| name = Yuraqqucha

| photo = View from the Summit Yuraccochas I - Ticlio, Huarochiri, Lima, Peru.jpg

| photo_caption = View from the summit of Yuraqqucha showing the lake named Waqraqucha on the left (looking to the southeast)

| elevation_m = 5100

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

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| range = Andes

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| location = Peru, Lima Region, Junín Region

| map = Peru

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| map_caption = Peru

| map_size = 200

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| coordinates = {{coord|11|34|26|S|76|13|7|W|type:mountain_region:PE_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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Yuraqqucha (Quechua yuraq white, qucha lake,{{Ref Laime}} "white lake", Hispanicized spelling Yuraccocha) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about {{convert|5100|m|ft|0}} high. It is located in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Morococha District, and in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, Chicla District. Yuraqqucha lies northwest of a lake named Waqraqucha, the Antikuna mountain pass and the peak of Antikuna. Anta Q'asa, Sillaqaqa, Inka Kancha and Pukaqucha are situated west, southwest and northwest of Yuraqqucha.

The mountain is named after a little lake south of it. It lies in the Chicla District at {{Coord|11|35|3|S|76|12|49|W}}.

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