Calapo | |
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The main square of Pachapaqui at the foot of Calapo | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 4,800 m (15,700 ft) |
Coordinates | 09°57′49″S 77°04′23″W / 9.96361°S 77.07306°W / -9.96361; -77.07306 |
Geography | |
CalapoPeru | |
Location | Peru, Ancash Region |
Parent range | Andes, Huallanca |
Calapo or Kallapu (Aymara for stairs close to the walls, a step of the stairs in a mine; buttress, wood to prop up, Hispanicized spelling Calapo) is a mountain in the Huallanca mountain range in the Andes of Peru which reaches an altitude of approximately 4,800 m (15,700 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Aquia District, east of the town of Pachapaqui.
References
- ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Ancash Region)
- Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
- Boletín de la Academía Peruana de la Lengua Vol. 51, N.º 51, June 2011, Lima, p.22
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