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Mishipañahuin

Coordinates: 11°21′28″S 76°19′16″W / 11.35778°S 76.32111°W / -11.35778; -76.32111
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Mishipañahuin
Mishipañahuin is located in Peru
Mishipañahuin
Mishipañahuin
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,208 m (17,087 ft)
Coordinates11°21′28″S 76°19′16″W / 11.35778°S 76.32111°W / -11.35778; -76.32111
Geography
LocationPeru, Junín Region
Parent rangeAndes

Mishipañahuin[1] (possibly from Quechua mishi cat (misi, michi), ñawi eye, -pa, -n suffixes,[2] a kind of potato[3] or a name for the common bean)[4] is a 5,208-metre-high (17,087 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru.[1] It is located in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Marcapomacocha District.[5] It lies northeast of Lake Marcapomacocha and at the shore of Lake Marcacocha.[1][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Peru 1:100 000, Ondores (23-k). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ Poster of International Potato Center CIP, International Year of the potato 2008
  4. ^ Ministerio de Agricultura, INIA, Feria de Semillas, Concursos de Semillas y de Platos Típicos en las Comunidades del Perú, Lima 2007 p.104
  5. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauli Province (Junín Region)