Anka Wachanan

This article is about the mountain in the Ocongate District, Quispicanchi Province, Cusco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Anka Wachana (disambiguation).
Anka Wachanan
Anka Wachanan

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,100 m (16,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°41′02″S 71°06′37″W / 13.68389°S 71.11028°W / -13.68389; -71.11028Coordinates: 13°41′02″S 71°06′37″W / 13.68389°S 71.11028°W / -13.68389; -71.11028 [2]
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, Ocongate District
Parent range Andes, Willkanuta

Anka Wachanan (Quechua anka black-chested buzzard-eagle or eagle, wacha birth, to give birth[3][4] -na, -n suffixes, "where the eagle is born", hispanicized spelling Ancahuachanan) is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,100 m (16,700 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, Ocongate District. Anka Wachana lies northwest of Allqamarinayuq and east of Sinkrinaqucha.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 1 (Cusco Region)
  2. ↑ "Nevado Ancahuachanan". IGN, Peru. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  3. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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