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Awki Sunqu

Coordinates: 12°34′36″S 75°36′47″W / 12.57667°S 75.61306°W / -12.57667; -75.61306
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Awki Sunqu
Awki Sunqu is located in Peru
Awki Sunqu
Awki Sunqu
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,050 m (16,570 ft)[1]
Coordinates12°34′36″S 75°36′47″W / 12.57667°S 75.61306°W / -12.57667; -75.61306
Geography
LocationPeru, Lima Region
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Central

Awki Sunqu (Quechua awki prince; a mythical figure of the Andean culture; grandfather, sunqu heart,[2][3] "the prince's (Awki's or grandfather's) heart", Hispanicized spelling Auquisonco) is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru which reaches an altitude of approximately 5,050 m (16,570 ft). It is located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, in the districts of Huantan and Tupe. It lies west of the lakes named Wich'iqucha and Quylluqucha, south of Chuntani.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Peru 1:100,000, Tupe 1745, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005.
  4. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region)