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Qarwaqucha (Ancash)

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Mountain in Peru This article is about the mountain at a little lake of that name in the Ancash Region, Peru. For other uses, see Qarwaqucha.
Qarwaqucha
Qarwaqucha as seen from Jimbe
Highest point
Elevation5,070 m (16,630 ft)
Coordinates8°57′17.8″S 77°58′0.1″W / 8.954944°S 77.966694°W / -8.954944; -77.966694
Geography
Qarwaqucha is located in PeruQarwaquchaQarwaquchaPeru
LocationPeru, Ancash Region
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Negra

Qarwaqucha (Quechua qarwa yellowish, qucha lake, "yellowish lake", also spelled Carhuacocha), also known as Qarwa Punta (Quechua for "yellowish peak (or ridge)", also spelled Carhuapunta) or Flery Punta, is a mountain in the Cordillera Negra in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Ancash Region, Santa Province, Cáceres del Perú District, near a little lake of that name. It reaches a height of 5,070 m (16,634 ft).

The lake named Qarwaqucha lies southeast of the peak at 8°57′35″S 77°57′26″W / 8.95972°S 77.95722°W / -8.95972; -77.95722.

References

  1. ^ Informe de Redinción de Cuentas y Transferencia, Directiva No. 008-2014-CG/PCOR, Contraloría General de la República, Jimbe - Perú, 2014
  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.
  3. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185
  5. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Santa Province (Ancash Region)

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