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Ancahuachanan

Coordinates: 13°41′02″S 71°06′37″W / 13.68389°S 71.11028°W / -13.68389; -71.11028
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Ancahuachanan
Ancahuachanan is located in Peru
Ancahuachanan
Ancahuachanan
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,100 m (16,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates13°41′02″S 71°06′37″W / 13.68389°S 71.11028°W / -13.68389; -71.11028[2]
Geography
LocationPeru, Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, Ocongate District
Parent rangeAndes, Vilcanota

Ancahuachanan (possibly from Quechua anka black-chested buzzard-eagle or eagle, wacha birth, to give birth[3][4] -na, -n suffixes, "where the eagle is born") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,100 m (16,700 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, Ocongate District. Ancahuachanan lies northwest of Alcamarinayoc and east of Singrenacocha.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 1 (Cusco Region)
  2. ^ "Nevado Ancahuachanan". IGN, Peru. Archived from the original on July 11, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  3. ^ "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005.
  4. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.