Huaguruncho mountain range

{{Short description|Mountain range in Peru}} {{Infobox mountain range | name=Huaguruncho mountain range | etymology= | image=Huaguruncho.JPG | image_caption=Huaguruncho | country=Peru | region= [[Huánuco Region|Huánuco]], [[Pasco Region|Pasco]] | parent=[[Andes]] | borders_on= | area_km2= | width_km= | length_orientation=N-S | highest= Huaguruncho | elevation_m=5723 | range_coordinates = {{coord|10|31|52|S|75|55|54|W|type:mountain_scale:300000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | map= | map_caption= | coordinates = | length_km= }} The '''Huaguruncho mountain range'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.montanasperuanas.com/N58_Huaguruncho1.html|title=Huaguruncho|website=www.montanasperuanas.com|access-date=2016-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820150851/http://www.montanasperuanas.com/N58_Huaguruncho1.html|archive-date=2016-08-20|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book|url=http://191.98.188.189/Fulltext/6900.pdf|title=Diagnóstico socioeconómico de la Cordillera de Huaguruncho (Pasco, Perú)|last=Pinedo|first=Danny|last2=Borios|first2=Stéphanie|publisher=Instituto del Bien Común|year=2004|location=Lima|language=es}}</ref> (also spelled ''Huagaruncho'' or ''Huagoruncho'')<ref name="neate2">{{Cite book|title=Mountaineering in the Andes|last=Neate|first=Jill|publisher=RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre|year=1994|isbn=0-907649-64-5|chapter=Peru|quote=Huagaruncho}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1386i/peru/orient.html|title=USGS P 1386-I -- Peru - Cordilleras - Oriental|website=pubs.usgs.gov|access-date=2016-07-17}}</ref> is situated in the [[Andes]] of [[Peru]]. It extends in an easterly direction between 10°29' and 10°34'S and 75°50'W and 76°01'W for about {{convert|27|km|mi|0|abbr=in}}.<ref name=":2">Inventario de Glaciares del Perú, Ministerio de Agricultura y Riego, Autoridad Nacional del Agua, Huaraz 2014</ref> The range is located in the [[Huánuco Region]], in the provinces of [[Ambo Province|Ambo]] and [[Pachitea Province|Pachitea]], and in the [[Pasco Region]], in the provinces of [[Pasco Province|Pasco]] and [[Oxapampa Province|Oxapampa]].<ref>Turismo en Cerro de Pasco, 1st edition, November 2012</ref>

== Mountains == The highest mountain in the range is [[Huaguruncho]] at {{convert|5723|m|ft|0}}. Other mountains are listed below:<ref>escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Pasco Province (Pasco Region)</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Peru 1:100 000, Ulcumayo (22-l)|publisher=IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú)}}</ref><ref name="neate2" /><ref>{{Cite book|title=Peru 1:100 000, Pozuzo (21-l)|publisher=IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú)}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite book|title=Peru 1:100 000, Cerro de Pasco (22-k)|publisher=IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú)}}</ref>

{{div col|colwidth=20em}} * Añilcocha, {{convert|5073|m|ft|0}} * Jochojanca * [[Mishiguaganan (mountain)|Mishiguaganan]] * [[Naticocha]], {{convert|4610|m|ft|0}} * Ñausanca, {{convert|4851|m|ft|0}} * [[Ñausacocha]], {{convert|5152|m|ft|0}} * Qarwarahu * [[Quiulacocha (Pasco)|Quiulacocha]], {{convert|5012|m|ft|0}} * [[Tamboragra]], {{convert|4996|m|ft|0}} * Ulcumayo * Hualgashjanca * Huaraco * [[Yanacocha (Huachón)|Yanacocha]], {{convert|5138|m|ft|0}} * Altos Machay, {{convert|4910|m|ft|0}} {{div col end}}

== Glaciers == In 2009, it was reported that this mountain range had 41 glaciers that summed up {{convert|9.71|km2|sqmi|0}} of glaciated area.<ref name=":2" />

== Lakes == There are about 70 lakes in this mountain range.<ref name=":3" />

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