Paryaqaqa

Paryaqaqa
Tulluqutu

The southern and the northern peak of Paryaqaqa
Highest point
Elevation 5,750 m (18,860 ft) [1]
Coordinates 11°59′30″S 75°59′30″W / 11.99167°S 75.99167°W / -11.99167; -75.99167Coordinates: 11°59′30″S 75°59′30″W / 11.99167°S 75.99167°W / -11.99167; -75.99167
Geography
Paryaqaqa

Peru

Location Peru, Lima Region, Junín Region
Parent range Andes, Paryaqaqa mountain range
Climbing
First ascent 1938, Paryaqaqa S, T. Dodge
1936, Paryaqaqa N, T. Dodge[2]

Paryaqaqa (Quechua parya reddish; copper; sparrow, qaqa rock,[3][4][5] Paryaqaqa or Parya Qaqa, a regional deity, a mountain god,[6] hispanicized spellings Pariacaca, Pariacacca, Pariaccaca, Pariaccacca, Pariakaka, Paria Caca) or Tulluqutu (Quechua tullu bone, qutu heap, "bone heap", hispanicized Tullujuto)[7] is the highest mountain in the Paryaqaqa mountain range (or Waruchiri mountain range) in the Andes of Peru, about 5,750 metres (18,865 ft) high. It is situated on the border of the Junín Region and the Lima Region, south-east of the mountains Qullqip'ukru and Quriwasi.

See also

References

  1. ↑ allthemountains.com/httpdocs/pariacaca.htm Map of a part of the Paryaqaqa mountain range (inactive website)
  2. ↑ montanasperuanas.com Pariacaca 5750 m, "El Gran Apu"
  3. ↑ César W. Astuhuamán Gonzáles, Pariacaca: un oráculo imperial andino: "Respecto al significado del nombre de la deidad, los términos Paria (rojiza) y caca (montaña), aluden a una montaña rojiza, ... ."
  4. ↑ Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Sufijos arcaicos quechuas en la toponimia andina, Etimologias, Lexis XXVI. 2 (2002): 559-577
  5. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  6. ↑ Steven Kaplan, Indigenous Responses to Western Christianity, New York and London, 1995, p. 68-69
  7. ↑ Evelio Echevarría, The Cordillera Huarochiri, Peru, The Alpine Journal 2001

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