Tankan (Peru)

Tankan
Tankan

Peru

Elevation 5,162 m (16,936 ft)[1]
Location
Location Peru, Ancash Region
Range Wallanka
Coordinates 9°52′19″S 77°03′43″W / 9.87194°S 77.06194°WCoordinates: 9°52′19″S 77°03′43″W / 9.87194°S 77.06194°W[1]

Tankan (Quechua tanka a deep bifurcation, -n a suffix,[2][3] hispanicized spelling Tancan) is a 5,162 m (16,936 ft) high mountain in the north of the Wallanka mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, in the districts of Aquia and Huallanca.[4]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Nevado Tancan". IGN, Peru. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Ancash Region)