Waych'awi

Waych'awi
Hatun Waych'awi
Waych'awi

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,445 m (17,864 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°49′50″S 72°18′38″W / 14.83056°S 72.31056°W / -14.83056; -72.31056Coordinates: 14°49′50″S 72°18′38″W / 14.83056°S 72.31056°W / -14.83056; -72.31056
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region, Chumbivilcas Province, Arequipa Region
Parent range Andes, Wansu

Waych'awi (Aymara waych'a Minthostachys mollis, -wi a suffix, "place of waych'a plants", hispanicized spelling Huaychahui),[2][1][3] also known as Hatun Waych'awi (Quechua hatun big,[4] "big Waych'awi", hispanicized Jatun Huachahui),[5] is a 5,445-metre (17,864 ft) high mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is the highest mountain in the Wansu mountain range.[1] Waych'awi is located in the Arequipa Region, on the border of the Condesuyos Province, Cayarani District, and the La Unión Province, Puyca District, and in the Cusco Region, Chumbivilcas Province, Santo Tomás District. It lies southwest of Wiska Tunqu.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 usgs.gov USGS, Peruvian Cordilleras
  2. ↑ Juan van Kessel, Dionisio Condori Cruz, Criar la Vida - trabajo y tecnología en el mundo andino
  3. ↑ Inventario Nacional de Glaciares y Lagunas, Inventario de Glaciares del Perú, ANA (Autoridad Nacional del Agua), Huaraz 2014 (see sketch map of the Waych'awi glaciar)
  4. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  5. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Chumbivilcas Province (Cusco Region)
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