Suerococha (Cajatambo)

Suerococha
Suerococha
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)
ListingList of mountains in Peru
Coordinates10°23′10″S 76°51′20″W / 10.38611°S 76.85556°W / -10.38611; -76.85556
Naming
Language of nameQuechua
Geography
LocationPeru, Lima Region
Parent rangeAndes, Huayhuash

Suerococha (possibly from Quechua suyru a very long dress tracked after when worn, qucha lake) is a mountain in the south of the Huayhuash mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high, and the name of a small lake near the mountain. The mountain is located in the Lima Region, Cajatambo Province, Cajatambo District. It lies east of Cuyoc.

The mountain is named after the lake east of it at 10°23′00″S 76°51′06″W / 10.38333°S 76.85167°W / -10.38333; -76.85167.