# Gaico

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This article is about the mountain in the Ancash Region, Peru. For other uses, see [Qayqu](/source/Qayqu_(disambiguation)).

**Gaico**[1][2] (possibly from [Quechua](/source/Quechua_language) *qayqu,* a type of hunt)[3] is a 5,049 m (16,565 ft) mountain in the northern part of the [Cordillera Blanca](/source/Cordillera_Blanca) in the [Andes](/source/Andes) of [Peru](/source/Peru). It is located in the [Ancash Region](/source/Ancash_Region), [Corongo Province](/source/Corongo_Province), [Cusca District](/source/Cusca_District).[2] Gaico lies southeast of [Pacra](/source/Pacra).[1][2]

## References

1. *Peru 1:100 000, Pallasca (17-h)*. IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú)

1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of Corongo Province (Ancash Region)

1. Daniel A. de Lamo, Camélidos Sudamericanos, Ministerio de Agricultura, Buenos Aires, 2011

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