Chuqitakarpu

Chuqitakarpu
Chuqitakarpu

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,520 m (18,110 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°13′44″S 72°51′11″W / 13.22889°S 72.85306°W / -13.22889; -72.85306Coordinates: 13°13′44″S 72°51′11″W / 13.22889°S 72.85306°W / -13.22889; -72.85306 [2]
Geography
Location Cusco, Peru
Parent range Andes, Willkapampa
Climbing
First ascent 1-1959: E. ridge, N. face-1962[1]

Chuqitakarpu (Quechua chuqi metal, every kind of precious metal / gold (<Aymara), takarpu nail / stake,[3][4][5] "metal nail" or "metal stake", hispanicized spelling Choquetacarpo) is a mountain in the Willkapampa mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,520 metres (18,110 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, La Convención Province, in the districts Santa Teresa and Vilcabamba. Chuqitakarpu lies northwest of the Pumasillu peak. The little river Muyuq (Moyoc) originates east of the mountain. It flows to the south as an affluent of the Yanama River.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate Peru RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994
  2. ↑ ign.gob.pe IGN, Peru
  3. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) (5-vowel-system)
  4. ↑ Ludovico Bertonio, Aymara-Spanish dictionary (transcription)
  5. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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