Tankan (Peru)

Tankan
Ruq'a Qaqa
Tankan

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,162 m (16,936 ft) [1]
Coordinates 9°52′19″S 77°03′43″W / 9.87194°S 77.06194°W / -9.87194; -77.06194Coordinates: 9°52′19″S 77°03′43″W / 9.87194°S 77.06194°W / -9.87194; -77.06194 [1]
Geography
Location Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range Wallanka

Tankan (Quechua tanka a deep bifurcation, fork, -n a suffix,[2][3] hispanicized spelling Tancan)[1] or Ruq'a Qaqa (Quechua ruq'a Opuntia floccosa), qaqa rock,[2] hispanicized Rucagaga)[4] is a 5,162 m (16,936 ft) high mountain in the northern part of the Wallanka mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, in the districts of Aquia and Huallanca.[5]

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 "Nevado Tancan". IGN, Peru. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Alfred J. Bodenlos, George E. Ericksen, Lead-Zing Deposits of Cordillera Blanca and Northern Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru, Geological Survey Bulletin 1017, see. sketch maps p.9-10
  5. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Ancash Region)


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