Qusqu (Huancavelica)
For the city in the Cusco Region, Peru, see Cusco.
| Qusqu | |
|---|---|
  Qusqu Peru | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1] |
| Coordinates | 12°54′52″S 75°17′41″W / 12.91444°S 75.29472°WCoordinates: 12°54′52″S 75°17′41″W / 12.91444°S 75.29472°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Peru, Huancavelica Region |
| Parent range | Andes, Chunta |
Qusqu (Quechua for boundary stone; nucleus; navel; heap of earth and stones; bed, dry bed of a lake,[2][3] hispanicized spelling Josjo) is a mountain in the Chunta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 m (16,000 ft) high. It is located in the Huancavelica Region, Castrovirreyna Province, Castrovirreyna District, and in the Huancavelica Province, Ascensión District.[1]
The little lake northeast of Qusqu is named Yawriqucha ("needle lake", hispanicized Yauricocha). This is where the Yawriqucha River originates. Its waters flow to the Mantaro River in the northeast.
References
- 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huancavelica Province 1 (Huancavelica Region)
- ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
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