Ch'aqu

Ch'aqu
Ch'aqu

Peru

Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Location
Location Peru, Cusco Region
Range Andes
Coordinates 13°52′42″S 71°22′02″W / 13.87833°S 71.36722°WCoordinates: 13°52′42″S 71°22′02″W / 13.87833°S 71.36722°W

Ch'aqu (Quechua for a fine, whitish, edible and medicinal kind of clay,[2] hispanicized spelling Chajo) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, Cusipata District. It lies north-east of the mountains Hatun Ch'aqu and Yanaqaqa ("black rock", Yanajaja) and north-west of the mountain Yuraq Q'asa. Ch'aqu is situated on the left bank of the river Pukamayu ("red river", Pucamayu) which flows to the west as a right affluent of the Willkanuta River. The confluence is near Cusipata.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 1 (Cusco Region)
  2. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua_Spanish dictionary) (5-vowel-system)