Tuku Wachana

Tuku Wachana
Tuku Wachana

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°04′26″S 70°14′21″W / 14.07389°S 70.23917°W / -14.07389; -70.23917Coordinates: 14°04′26″S 70°14′21″W / 14.07389°S 70.23917°W / -14.07389; -70.23917
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region, Carabaya Province
Parent range Andes, Kallawaya

Tuku Wachana (quechua tuku owl, wacha birth, to give birth, -na a suffix,[2][3] "where the owl is born", hispanicized spelling Tucuhuachana) is mountain in the Kallawaya mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000-metre (16,000 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Ituata District. Tuku Wachana lies southwest of Pumaqulluni, northeast of Q'iruni and southeast of Allpa Qhata. The little lake east of it is named Wilaquta (Aymara for "red lake", hispanicized Vilajota).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Crucero District 2 (Puno Region)
  2. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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