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Coscojahuarina (Calca)

Coordinates: 13°17′21″S 71°58′09″W / 13.28917°S 71.96917°W / -13.28917; -71.96917
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Coscojahuarina
Coscojahuarina is located in Peru
Coscojahuarina
Coscojahuarina
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,600 m (15,100 ft)[1]
Coordinates13°17′21″S 71°58′09″W / 13.28917°S 71.96917°W / -13.28917; -71.96917[2]
Geography
LocationPeru
Parent rangeAndes, Urubamba

Coscojahuarina (possibly from Quechua qusqu boundary stone; nucleus; navel; heap of earth and stones; bed, dry bed of a lake, Qusqu Cusco (a city), qhawarina, qhawana viewpoint)[3][4] is a mountain in the eastern extensions of the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,600 m (15,100 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District. It lies southeast of Huamanchoque and Pitusiray.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Calca Province (Cusco Region)
  2. ^ a b "Cerro Coscojahuarina". IGN, Peru. Archived from the original on July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 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.