Wiska Tunqu

Wiska Tunqu
Wiska Tunqu

Peru

Elevation 5,200 m (17,100 ft)[1]
Location
Location Peru, Cusco Region, Chumbivilcas Province
Range Andes, Wansu
Coordinates 14°46′50″S 72°17′4″W / 14.78056°S 72.28444°WCoordinates: 14°46′50″S 72°17′4″W / 14.78056°S 72.28444°W

Wiska Tunqu (Aymara wiska wool rope, tunqu maize[2] "rope maize", hispanicized spelling Huiscatongo) is a mountain in the east of the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Chumbivilcas Province, Santo Tomás District. Wiska Tunqu lies between the mountains Qillqa (Quilca) in the north and Puka Puka (Puca Puca) in the south.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Chumbivilcas Province (Cusco Region)
  2. Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)