Hatun Wisq'ana
Hatun Wisq'ana | |
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Hatun Wisq'ana Peru | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 4,600 m (15,100 ft) [1] |
Coordinates | 13°10′28″S 71°59′26″W / 13.17444°S 71.99056°WCoordinates: 13°10′28″S 71°59′26″W / 13.17444°S 71.99056°W [2] |
Geography | |
Location | Peru, Cusco Region, Calca Province, Lares District |
Parent range | Andes, Urupampa |
Hatun Wisq'ana or Hatun Wiskana (Quechua hatun big, wisq'ana lock, wiskana a kind of pickaxe,[3][4] "big lock" or "big pickaxe", hispanicized spelling Jatun Huiscana) is a mountain in the Urupampa mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,600 metres (15,092 ft) high. It lies in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Lares District. Hatun Wisq'ana is situated northwest of Q'irayuq and Yana Urqu, and northeast of Sawasiray.[1]
References
- 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Calca Province (Cusco Region)
- ↑ "Cerro Jatun Huiscana". IGN, Peru. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
- ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ Gladys Camacho Rios, Phuyup Yawar Waqaynin, The bloody tear of a cloud
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