Sura Wiqu | |
Elevation M: | 5000 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Range: | Andes |
Location: | Peru, Puno Region, El Collao Province |
Map: | Peru |
Map Size: | 240 |
Coordinates: | -17.1108°N -69.7806°W |
Sura Wiqu (Aymara sura dry jiquima, a species of Pachyrhizus, wiqu a corner in a house, a mountain cove, "jiquima cove", Hispanicized spelling Soravico) is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about 5000m (16,000feet) high. It lies in the Puno Region, El Collao Province, Capazo District. Sura Wiqu is situated north-west of the mountain Wanq'uri and north-east of the mountain Tuma Tumani.[1]
Sura Wiqu (Suraveco) is also the name of a neighboring lower mountain to the north-west, about 4800m (15,700feet) high, at .[1]