Waqaypaka

Waqaypaka
Waqaypaka

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,300 m (17,400 ft) [1]
Coordinates 11°56′10″S 76°8′27″W / 11.93611°S 76.14083°W / -11.93611; -76.14083Coordinates: 11°56′10″S 76°8′27″W / 11.93611°S 76.14083°W / -11.93611; -76.14083
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Central

Waqaypaka or Waqay Paka (Quechua waqay, to cry, crying, paka eagle[2] "crying eagle", hispanicized spelling Huacaypaca) is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru, about 5,300 metres (17,388 ft) high. It lies in the Lima Region, Huarochiri Province, in the north of the Tantaranche District. Waqaypaka is situated northeast of a lake named Chumpiqucha.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochirí Province (Lima Region)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
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