Pacoorcco (Moquegua)

Pacoorcco
Satellite image of the volcano Ubinas (on the left), Pacoorcco (the light-colored complex north-east of it) and Pirhuane (north of Pacoorcco)
Highest point
Elevation4,940 m (16,210 ft)
Coordinates16°18′10″S 70°49′2″W / 16.30278°S 70.81722°W / -16.30278; -70.81722
Geography
Pacoorcco
Peru
LocationPeru, Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province
Parent rangeAndes

Pacoorcco (possibly from Quechua p'aqu blond, fair, a color similar to gold, urqu mountain, "'blond' or slightly golden mountain") erroneously also Poocoorco, is a 4,940-metre-high (16,207 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. The mountain is located in the Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province, Ubinas District, north-east of the active volcano Ubinas and south of the mountain Pirhuane.

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