Huacshash
Appearance
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Huacshash | |
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Huaqshash | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,644 m (18,517 ft) |
Listing | List of mountains in Peru |
Coordinates | 10°24′50″S 76°58′30″W / 10.41389°S 76.97500°W |
Naming | |
Language of name | Quechua |
Geography | |
Location | Peru, Lima Region |
Parent range | Andes, Huayhuash |
Huacshash[1][2] or Huaqshash[3] (possibly from local Quechua waqsa, meaning eye tooth)[4] is a mountain in the west of the Huayhuash mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,644 metres (18,517 ft) high.[1][2] It is located in the Lima Region, Cajatambo Province, Cajatambo District.[5] Huacshash lies on a sub-range in the west, south of the Huayllapa River, north of the Pumarinri River and southeast of the villages of Huayllapa and Auquimarca.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Neate, Jill (1994). "Peru". Mountaineering in the Andes (PDF). RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre. p. 25. ISBN 0-907649-64-5.
- ^ a b c Peru 1:100 000, Yanahuanca (21-j). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
Huacshah
- ^ a b Díaz, Felipe (2008–2009). Carta Turística. Cordilleras Blanca, Negra, Huayhuash y Callejón de Huaylas.
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
- ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe UGEL map of the Cajatambo Province (Lima Region)]