Veronica (mountain)

For the mountain west of the peak of Urupampa, see Waqay Willka.
Veronica
Willka Wiqi, Waqra Willk'i
Urupampa
Highest point
Elevation 5,893 m (19,334 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°09′51″S 72°19′33″W / 13.16417°S 72.32583°W / -13.16417; -72.32583Coordinates: 13°09′51″S 72°19′33″W / 13.16417°S 72.32583°W / -13.16417; -72.32583
Geography
Veronica

Peru

Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Andes, Urupampa
Climbing
First ascent 1- 1956 via N.E. ridge: N. face-1973: S.W. rib-1977: N.E. buttress attempt-1983 (see AAJ, 26 (1984): 208-9)[2]

Verónica[3][4], also called Willka Wiqi,[5] ("holy tear")[6] Waqra Willk'i[7] ("horn pass"),[6] Waqay Willk'i, Wayna Willka,[4] Waqay Willka[8], Urupampa ("spider's plain"),[6][9] (hispanicized names Chamas Grande, Huaccac Huilas, Huacay Huilcay, Huacrahuilki, Huicaivilca, Huajayhuillca, Panticalla, Piri, Urubamba,[10] Willka Weqe, Wequey Willca, Wequey Wilka, Wakaywillque) or Padre Eterno, is a 5,893 m (19,334 ft) mountain in the Urupampa mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, La Convención Province, Huayopata District, and in the Urubamba Province, Ollantaytambo District[11] northwest of Ollantaytambo.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, Urubamba 2444, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD, showing Nevado Urubamba
  2. ↑ Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, 1994
  3. ↑ Peru 1:100 000, Urubamba (27-r). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
  4. 1 2 www.andeshandbook.org Nevado Verónica: Wakaywillque, originalmente llamado Waynawillca
  5. ↑ vidayestilo.terra.com.pe
  6. 1 2 3 Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  7. ↑ The American Alpine Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2, Issue 47, 1973, p. 389. Nevado Verónica (Padre Eterno or Huacrahuilki)
  8. ↑ John Biggar, Los Andes - Una Guía Para Escaladores, p. 113. Verónica: Es también conocido como Huacay Huilcay, Waqaywillka o Padre Eterno.
  9. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  10. ↑ "Municipalidad Distrital de Santa Teresa. Historia". munisantateresa.gob.pe. Retrieved November 29, 2015. see: Nevado Urubamba
  11. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe Map of the Urubamba Province


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