Waqrawiri

Waqrawiri
Waqrawiri

Peru

Elevation 5,425 m (17,799 ft)[1]
Location
Location Peru, Arequipa Region, Castilla Province
Range Andes, Wansu
Coordinates 14°58′35″S 72°12′16″W / 14.97639°S 72.20444°WCoordinates: 14°58′35″S 72°12′16″W / 14.97639°S 72.20444°W[2]

Waqrawiri (Quechua waqra horn, wiri lasso,[3][4] "horn lasso", hispanicized spelling Huajrahuire) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,425 metres (17,799 ft) high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Castilla Province, Orcopampa District. Waqrawiri lies northwest of the lake Machuqucha and south of the river Millumayu[5] (Quechua for aluminium sulfate river,[3] hispanicized Millomayo).

References

  1. ↑ allthemountains.com/httpdocs/southmap.htm (inactive website), retrieved January 23, 2010
  2. ↑ "Nevados". IGN, Peru. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  5. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Castilla Province 1 (Arequipa Region)