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Wawa Chaki

Coordinates: 16°54′29″S 70°33′39″W / 16.90806°S 70.56083°W / -16.90806; -70.56083
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Wawa Chaki
Wawa Chaki is located in Peru
Wawa Chaki
Wawa Chaki
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°54′29″S 70°33′39″W / 16.90806°S 70.56083°W / -16.90806; -70.56083
Geography
LocationPeru, Moquegua Region
Parent rangeAndes

Wawa Chaki (Quechua wawa child, baby, chaki foot,[2] "child foot", Hispanicized spelling Huahuachaqui,[3] also Negra Huahuachaqui, Negro Huahuachaqui) is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District. Wawa Chaki lies southwest of the mountains Uma Jalsu and Millu.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Mariscal Nieto Province (Moquegua Region)
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ Municipalidad Provincia de Mariscal Nieto, Ley Organica 27972 del 26-05-2003