Aqupallqa

Aqupallqa
Aqupallqa

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,445 m (17,864 ft)
Coordinates 12°13′27″S 75°59′28″W / 12.22417°S 75.99111°W / -12.22417; -75.99111Coordinates: 12°13′27″S 75°59′28″W / 12.22417°S 75.99111°W / -12.22417; -75.99111 [1]
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Central

Aqupallqa (Quechua aqu sand, pallqa, p'allqa, p'alqa forked, branched, fork, bifurcation,[2][3] "sand bifurcation", hispanicized spellings Acopalca, Acospalca) is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru, about 5,445 metres (17,864 ft) high. It is situated in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Tanta District.[4] Aqupallqa lies north of the mountain Wayna Qutuni and the lake Tikllaqucha and northwest of the mountain Qutuni.

References

  1. ↑ mapcarta.com "Nevados Acospalca", retrieved on January 17, 2014
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region)


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