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Ancahuachana (Quispicanchi)

Coordinates: 13°31′06″S 71°07′07″W / 13.51833°S 71.11861°W / -13.51833; -71.11861
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Ancahuachana
Mama Rosa
Ancahuachana is located in Peru
Ancahuachana
Ancahuachana
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,100 m (16,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates13°31′06″S 71°07′07″W / 13.51833°S 71.11861°W / -13.51833; -71.11861[2]
Geography
LocationPeru, Cusco Region
Parent rangeAndes, Vilcanota

Ancahuachana (possibly from Quechua anka black-chested buzzard-eagle or eagle, wacha birth, to give birth[3][4] -na a suffix, "where the eagle is born") or Mama Rosa[5] is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,100 metres (16,732 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, in the districts of Camanti and Marcapata. Ancahuachana lies northeast of Singrenacocha and east of Colquepunco.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province (Cusco Region)
  2. ^ ign.gob.pe IGN, Peru
  3. ^ "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005.
  4. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  5. ^ Fernando Melgar Vargas et al., Informe final, CIAA-ACCID-004-2012, HELICUSCO S.A., SIKORSKY S-58ET, OB-1840, Cerro "Mama Rosa", Quispicanchis, Cusco - Peru, 06 de Junio de 2012