Chawpi Hanka

For the mountain on the border of the Ancash Region and the Huánuco Region, Peru, see Chawpi Hanka (Ancash-Huánuco).
Chawpi Hanka
Chawpi Hanka

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,283 m (17,333 ft) [1]
Coordinates 10°01′00″S 77°00′09″W / 10.01667°S 77.00250°W / -10.01667; -77.00250Coordinates: 10°01′00″S 77°00′09″W / 10.01667°S 77.00250°W / -10.01667; -77.00250
Geography
Location Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range Andes, Wallanka

Chawpi Hanka (Quechua chawpi central, middle, hanka snowcapped ridge or peak; ice,[2][3][4] "central ridge (or peak)", Hispanicized spelling Chaupi Janca, Chaupijanca) is a 5,283-metre-high (17,333 ft) mountain in the Wallanka (or Chawpi Hanka) mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, in the districts of Huallanca and Huasta.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "The 5000m peaks of the Andes - page 6". John Biggar. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Rimaycuna, Quechua de Huánuco, Diccionario del quechua del Huallaga con índices castellano e inglés, Serie Lingüistica Peruana No. 48, p. 271
  4. ↑ Características distíntivas del quechua de Corongo, Serie Lingüística Peruana No. 50, Peru, 2000, p. 32
  5. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Ancash Region)
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