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Pillku Urqu

Pillku Urqu
Cusco Peru 2003 panorama.jpg
Cusco with the mountains Pillku Urqu (on the left) and Pachatusan (center) in the background
Highest point
Elevation 4,448 m (14,593 ft) 
Coordinates 13°29′50″S 71°52′50″W / 13.49722°S 71.88056°W / -13.49722; -71.88056Coordinates: 13°29′50″S 71°52′50″W / 13.49722°S 71.88056°W / -13.49722; -71.88056
Geography
Pillku Urqu is located in Peru
Pillku Urqu
Pillku Urqu
Peru
Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Andes

Pillku Urqu (Quechua pillku red, urqu mountain), also known as Pikul, Piqul (possibly a corruption of pillku, Hispanicized spellings Piccol, Picol, also Pikol, Piqol) or Wayna Piqul (Quechua wayna young, Hispanicized Huaynapicol, Huaynapiccol, also Wayna Piqol), is a 4,448-metre-high (14,593 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru, near the city of Cusco. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Taray District, and in the Cusco Province, San Jerónimo District, north of San Jerónimo.

By the local people Pillku Urqu has been venerated as an apu.



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