Atuq Wachanan

This article is about the mountain in the Huánuco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Atuq Wachana.
Atuq Wachanan
Atuq Wachanan

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,438 m (14,560 ft) [1]
Coordinates 9°43′52″S 76°34′12″W / 9.73111°S 76.57000°W / -9.73111; -76.57000Coordinates: 9°43′52″S 76°34′12″W / 9.73111°S 76.57000°W / -9.73111; -76.57000
Geography
Location Huánuco Region
Parent range Andes

Atuq Wachanan (Quechua atuq fox, wacha birth, to give birth, -na, -n suffixes,[2] "where the fox is born", also spelled Atoc-Huachanan) is a 4,438-metre-high (14,560 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Huánuco Region, Yarowilca Province, Aparicio Pomares District.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, La Unión 1551, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Washington DC
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Dos de Mayo Province (Huánuco Region)


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