Kushuru (Ancash Quechua for an edible kind of seaweed, Leonel Alexander Menacho López, Yachakuqkunapa Shimi Qullqa, Anqash Qhichwa Shimichaw (Ministerio de Educación), Wordbook Ancash Quechua-Spanish also spelled Cushuro) is a mountain in the northern part of the Cordillera Negra in the Andes of Peru, about 5000 meters high.