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Qarwa Q'asa
Qarwa Q'asa is located in Peru
Qarwa Q'asa
Qarwa Q'asa
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,005 m (16,421 ft)[1]
Geography
LocationPeru, Huancavelica Region
Parent rangeAndes, Chunta

Qarwa Q'asa (Quechua qarwa pale, yellowish, golden, q'asa mountain pass,[2][3] "yellowish pass", Hispanicized spelling Carhuajasa) is a 5,005-metre-high (16,421 ft) mountain in the Chunta mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Huancavelica Region, Castrovirreyna Province, on the border of the districts of Chupamarca and Aurahuá. Qarwa Q'asa lies west of Ichhu Rutuna, northwest of Wallu Q'asa and Phiruru Urqu and northeast of Wichinka Lake.[1][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Cerro Carhuajasa". IGN, Peru. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  2. ^ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Castrovirreyna Province (Huancavelica Region)