Uqsha Wallqa

Uqsha Wallqa
Uqsha Wallqa
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 11°55′03″S 76°06′02″W / 11.91750°S 76.10056°W / -11.91750; -76.10056Coordinates: 11°55′03″S 76°06′02″W / 11.91750°S 76.10056°W / -11.91750; -76.10056 
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes, Paryaqaqa

Uqsha Wallqa (Quechua uqsha a high altitude grass, wallqa collar,[2][3] hispanicized spelling Ocsahualca) is a mountain in the Paryaqaqa mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, on the border of the districts of San Mateo and Quinti. It lies northwest of Paqcha and Wararayuq and southeast of Wamanripa.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochirí Province (Lima Region)
  2. ↑ Vocabulario-Comparativo-Quechua-Ecuator-Quechua-Ancash See Spanish: Paja - Ancash Quechua paha, uqsha
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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