Siq'i

Siq'i
Siq'i

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,075 m (16,650 ft) [1]
Coordinates 12°31′14″S 75°36′40″W / 12.52056°S 75.61111°W / -12.52056; -75.61111Coordinates: 12°31′14″S 75°36′40″W / 12.52056°S 75.61111°W / -12.52056; -75.61111
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Central

Siq'i (Quechua for scratch,[2] hispanicized spelling Sique) is a 5,075 m (16,650 ft) high mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, in the districts of Huantan and Laraos. It lies between two groups of lakes northeast of Awki Sunqu and Chuntani and southeast of Misitu.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, Tupe 1745, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  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 Yauyos Province (Lima Region)
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