Mishipa Ñawin

Mishipa Ñawin
Mishipa Ñawin

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,208 m (17,087 ft) [1]
Coordinates 11°21′28″S 76°19′16″W / 11.35778°S 76.32111°W / -11.35778; -76.32111Coordinates: 11°21′28″S 76°19′16″W / 11.35778°S 76.32111°W / -11.35778; -76.32111
Geography
Location Peru, Junín Region
Parent range Andes

Mishipa Ñawin (local Quechua mishi cat (misi, michi), ñawi eye, -pa, -n suffixes,[2] "eye of a cat", Mishipa Ñawin a kind of potato[3] or a name for the common bean,[4] hispanicized spelling Mishipañahuin, also Mishipañahui which is grammatically wrong) is a 5,208 metres (17,087 ft) high mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Marcapomacocha District. It lies northeast of Markapumaqucha at the shore of Markaqucha.[1][5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Nevado Mishipañahuin". IGN, Peru. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Poster of International Potato Center CIP, International Year of the potato 2008
  4. ↑ Ministerio de Agricultura, INIA, Feria de Semillas, Concursos de Semillas y de Platos Típicos en las Comunidades del Perú, Lima 2007 p.104
  5. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauli Province (Junín Region)
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