Yuraq Qaqa (Cusco)

This article is about the mountain in the Cusco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Yuraq Qaqa.
Yuraq Qaqa
Yuraq Qaqa

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,600 m (15,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°34′35″S 71°14′23″W / 13.57639°S 71.23972°W / -13.57639; -71.23972Coordinates: 13°34′35″S 71°14′23″W / 13.57639°S 71.23972°W / -13.57639; -71.23972
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Andes, Willkanuta

Yuraq Qaqa (Quechua yuraq white, qaqa rock,[2] "white rock", hispanicized spelling Yuracjaja) is mountain in the northern extensions of the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,600 metres (15,092 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, Ocongate District. Yuraq Qaqa lies southwest of Qullqip'unqu and Sinaqara where the annual Quyllur Rit'i festival takes place and southeast of Kuntur Sinqa and Qaqa Chaka. Wila Sirka is in the east beyond the Sinaqara valley.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 1 (Cusco Region)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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