Millwaqucha

Millwaqucha
Millwaqucha

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,404 m (17,730 ft) [1]
Coordinates 8°48′08″S 77°44′05″W / 8.80222°S 77.73472°W / -8.80222; -77.73472Coordinates: 8°48′08″S 77°44′05″W / 8.80222°S 77.73472°W / -8.80222; -77.73472
Geography
Location Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Blanca

Millwaqucha (Quechua millma, millwa wool, qucha lake,[2][3] "wool lake", hispanicized spelling Millhuacocha) is 5,404 m (17,730 ft) high mountain in the north of the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Ancash Region, Huaylas Province, Yuracmarca District. It lies between Pukarahu in the southeast and Champara in the northwest. Pilanku is east of it. The Allpamayu flows along its southern slopes. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Nevado Milluacocha". IGN, Peru. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  2. ↑ Diccionario Bilingüe Quechua Castellano, Cusco - Collao y Ayacucho Chanka
  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 Huaylas Province (Ancash Region)
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