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Cahuish
Cahuish
	The southern slope of Cahuish(on the left) at the road above Qiruqucha
Highest point
Elevation	4,900 m (16,100 ft)
Coordinates	9°40′47″S 77°14′58″W / 9.67972°S 77.24944°W
Geography
	Cahuish Location in Peru
Location	Ancash, Peru
Parent range	Cordillera Blanca

Cahuish^[1]^[2] (possibly from Quechua qawi put into the sun)^[3] is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 4,900 metres (16,076 ft) high.^[2] It is situated in the Ancash Region, Huari Province, Chavin de Huantar District, and in the Recuay Province, Ticapampa District. Cahuish lies southwest of the mountain and the archaeological site of Waraqayuq^[4] and southeast of Yanamarey.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Alpenvereinskarte 0/3b. Cordillera Blanca Süd (Peru). 1:100 000. Oesterreichischer Alpenverein. 2005. ISBN 3-937530-05-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c Peru 1:100 000, Recuay (20-i). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
^ Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Centro Nacional de Información Cultural, Contribución para un primer inventario general de sitios arqueológicos del Perú, Lima 2001