Alcay (Huánuco)

This article is about the mountain in the Lauricocha Province, Huánuco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Allqay.
Alcay
Alcay

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,300 m (17,400 ft) [1]
Coordinates 10°13′52″S 76°53′11″W / 10.23111°S 76.88639°W / -10.23111; -76.88639Coordinates: 10°13′52″S 76°53′11″W / 10.23111°S 76.88639°W / -10.23111; -76.88639
Geography
Location Huánuco Region
Parent range Andes, Huayhuash

Alcay or Allqay (Quechua for to cut halfway through, to interrupt; to fail,[2][3] 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. Allqay lies northwest of a lake named Qarwaqucha, east of Mit'urahu and southeast of Runtuy. The little lake northeast of the mountain is Allqayqucha.[1][4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Alpenvereinskarte Cordillera Huayhuash". mapscompany.co.uk. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  2. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) see: alqay
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Ancash Region)


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