Hatun Q'asa (Cusco)

This article is about the mountain in the Cusco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Jatun Q'asa.
Hatun Q'asa
Inka Chiriyasqa

Hatun Q'asa (center) as seen from the northwest
Highest point
Elevation 5,338 m (17,513 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°22′05″S 72°32′25″W / 13.36806°S 72.54028°W / -13.36806; -72.54028Coordinates: 13°22′05″S 72°32′25″W / 13.36806°S 72.54028°W / -13.36806; -72.54028
Geography
Hatun Q'asa

Peru

Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Andes, Willkapampa

Hatun Q'asa (Quechua hatun big, q'asa mountain pass,[2] "big mountain pass", Hispanicized spelling Jatunjasa), also known as Inka Chiriyasqa (Inka Inca, chiriyasqa cooled, "cooled Inca", Hispanicized Incachiriasca),[3] is a 5,338-metre-high (17,513 ft) mountain in the Willkapampa mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Anta Province, Limatambo District, and in the Urubamba Province, Ollantaytambo District. Hatun Q'asa lies south of Sallqantay.[1][4]

Inka Chiriyasqa is also the name of the Sallqantay glacier at 13°21′10″S 72°32′05″W / 13.35278°S 72.53472°W / -13.35278; -72.53472[5] between Sallqantay and Hatun Q'asa.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Cerro Jatunjasa". IGN, Peru. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ "Cerro Jatunjasa, southwest ridge". Nathan Heald in AAJ Publications (American Alpine Journal). Retrieved June 23, 2015.
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Urubamba Province (Cusco Region)
  5. ↑ Monitoreo del Glaciar Incachiriasca, SERNANP, Peru, January 2014


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