Awkillu

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Awkillu

Waywash mountain range with Yerupaja (center-left) and the sub-range west of it (on the right) with Wakrish and Awkillu
Elevation 5,560 m (18,241 ft)[1]
Listing List of mountains in Peru
Location
Awkillu
Peru
Location Peru, Ancash Region, Lima Region
Range Andes, Waywash
Coordinates 10°18′20″S 76°57′55″W / 10.30556°S 76.96528°W / -10.30556; -76.96528Coordinates: 10°18′20″S 76°57′55″W / 10.30556°S 76.96528°W / -10.30556; -76.96528[2]

Awkillu (local Quechua word for apu (Andean mountain deity)[3] or grandfather, old man,[4] the hispanicized spelling is the misleading word Auxilio which means "assistance" or "support") is a mountain in the west of the Waywash mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,560 metres (18,241 ft) high. It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Pacllon District, and in the Lima Region, Cajatambo Province, Copa District.[5] Awkillu lies on the sub-range west of Yerupaja, south of Awkillu Lake and southwest of the mountain Wakrish.

Waywash mountain range from space, looking to the east. Yerupaja and Siula Grande are in the centre. Awkillu lies on the sub-range in the foreground.

References

  1. ↑ perucordillerablanca.com Map of the Waywash mountain range
  2. ↑ mapcarta.com "Nevado Auxilio", retrieved on December 21, 2013
  3. ↑ Juan José Garda Miranda, Historia, religión y ritual de los pueblos ayacuchanos, Los santuarios de los Andes Centrales (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary
  5. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe UGEL map of the Cajatambo Province (Lima Region)]
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