Millu Hirka

Millu Hirka
Millu Hirka

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,900 m (16,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates 9°24′36″S 77°17′20″W / 9.41000°S 77.28889°W / -9.41000; -77.28889Coordinates: 9°24′36″S 77°17′20″W / 9.41000°S 77.28889°W / -9.41000; -77.28889
Geography
Location Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Blanca

Millu Hirka (Quechua millu salty, Ancash Quechua hirka mountain,[2][3] hispanicized spelling Millujirca) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 4,900 m (16,076 ft) high. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Huari Province, Huari District. Millu Hirka lies northeast of Antap'iti and southeast of Tullparahu. Milluqucha ("salty lake", Millucocha) is the name of the lake north of the mountain.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaraz Province (Ancash Region)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ homepage.ntlworld.com/robert_beer Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj, Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino - castellano - English, Brighton 2006


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