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Waqaypaka
Waqaypaka is located in Peru
Waqaypaka
Waqaypaka
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,300 m (17,400 ft)[1]
Geography
LocationPeru, Lima Region
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Central

Waqaypaka or Waqay Paka (Quechua waqay, to cry, crying, paka eagle[2] "crying eagle", hispanicized spelling Huacaypaca) is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru, about 5,300 metres (17,388 ft) high. It lies in the Lima Region, Huarochiri Province, in the north of the Tantaranche District. Waqaypaka is situated northeast of a lake named Chumpiqucha.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochirí Province (Lima Region)
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.