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Alcay (Huánuco)

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(Redirected from Allqay (Huánuco)) Mountain in Peru This article is about the mountain in the Lauricocha Province, Huánuco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Allqay.
Alcay
Alcay is located in PeruAlcayAlcayPeru
Highest point
Elevation5,300 m (17,400 ft)
Coordinates10°13′52″S 76°53′11″W / 10.23111°S 76.88639°W / -10.23111; -76.88639
Geography
LocationHuánuco Region
Parent rangeAndes, Huayhuash

Alcay (possibly from Quechua for to cut halfway through, to interrupt; to fail, Hispanicized spelling Alcay) is a 5,300-metre-high (17,388 ft) mountain in the north of the Huayhuash mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Huánuco Region, Lauricocha Province, Queropalca District. Alcay lies northwest of a lake named Carhuacocha, east of Mituraju and southeast of Rondoy. The little lake northeast of the mountain is Alcaycocha.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Alpenvereinskarte Cordillera Huayhuash". mapscompany.co.uk. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  2. "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. see: alqay
  3. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Ancash Region)


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