Paryaqaqa mountain range

Paryaqaqa mountain range
Waruchiri mountain range

Paryaqaqa, south peak
Highest point
Peak Paryaqaqa
Elevation 5,750 m (18,860 ft)
Geography
Country Peru
State/Province Junín Region, Lima Region
Parent range Andes

The Paryaqaqa mountain range (Quechua parya reddish, sparrow, qaqa rock,[1][2] Paryaqaqa or Parya Qaqa, a regional deity, a mountain god (apu),[3] hispanicized spellings Pariacaca, Pariacacca, Pariaccaca, Pariaccacca) or Waruchiri mountain range[4][2] (hispanicized Huarochirí) lies in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, as well as in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province and Yauyos Province.

Mountains

The highest mountain in the range is Paryaqaqa (Tulluqutu) at 5,750 metres (18,865 ft). Other notable peaks are:[5][6]

  • Tunshu, 5,730 metres (18,799 ft)
  • Qullqi P'ukru, 5,658 metres (18,563 ft)
  • Qarwachuku, 5,507 metres (18,068 ft)
  • Suyruqucha, 5,500 metres (18,045 ft)
  • Wallakancha, 5,500 metres (18,045 ft)
  • Antachayri, 5,400 metres (17,717 ft)
  • Pachanqutu, 5,400 metres (17,717 ft)
  • Phaqcha, 5,400 metres (17,717 ft)
  • Wayllakancha, 5,400 metres (17,717 ft)
  • Wararayuq, 5,354 metres (17,566 ft)
  • Tukumach'ay, 5,350 metres (17,552 ft)
  • Putka, 5,300 metres (17,388 ft)
  • Chumpi, 5,250 metres (17,224 ft)
  • Ch'uspi, 5,200 metres (17,060 ft)
  • Quriwasi, 5,200 metres (17,060 ft)
  • Ukhu, 5,200 metres (17,060 ft)
  • Ukhu Qhata, 5,200 metres (17,060 ft)
  • Wiqu, 5,200 metres (17,060 ft)
  • Wamanripa, 5,110 metres (16,765 ft)
  • Parya Chaka, 5,000 metres (16,404 ft)
  • Uqsha Wallqa, 5,000 metres (16,404 ft)

References

  1. ↑ César W. Astuhuamán Gonzáles, Pariacaca: un oráculo imperial andino: "Respecto al significado del nombre de la deidad, los términos Paria (rojiza) y caca (montaña), aluden a una montaña rojiza, ... ."
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Steven Kaplan, Indigenous Responses to Western Christianity, New York and London, 1995, p. 68-69
  4. ↑ Evelio Echevarría, The Cordillera Huarochiri, Peru, The Alpine Journal 2001: "Names used by mountaineers other than Huarochiri and Pariacacca are unknown to the local inhabitants and should therefore be discarded. ... The best policy is to refer to this range with either of the names in use by the local population."
  5. ↑ allthemountains.com Maps of the Central Andes of Peru including two maps of the Paryaqaqa mountain range (inactive website)
  6. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauli Province (Junín Region) and the Huarochiri Province (Lima Region)

External links

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