Challwayuq

Challwayuq
Challwayuq
	Challwayuq Peru
Highest point
Elevation	4,800 m (15,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates	10°33′18″S76°40′31″W / 10.55500°S 76.67528°W Coordinates: 10°33′18″S76°40′31″W / 10.55500°S 76.67528°W [2]
Geography
Location	Peru, Pasco Region
Parent range	Andes

Last updated March 19, 2019

Challwayuq (Quechua challwa fish, -yuq a suffix,^[3] "the one with fish", also spelled Chalhuayoc) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru whose summit reaches about 4,800 m (15,748 ft) above sea level. It is located in the Pasco Region, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Yanahuanca District. Challwayuq lies northwest of Yana Chaka.^[1]

In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case ending, which indicate the grammatical cased of nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs.

The Andes or Andean Mountains are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. This range is about 7,000 km (4,300 mi) long, about 200 to 700 km wide, and of an average height of about 4,000 m (13,000 ft). The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.

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References

1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Daniel Alcides Carrión Province (Pasco Region)
↑ "Cerro Chalhuayoc". IGN, Peru. Retrieved June 13, 2015. ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)

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[escale-1] 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Daniel Alcides Carrión Province (Pasco Region)

[ign-2] "Cerro Chalhuayoc". IGN, Peru. Retrieved June 13, 2015. ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[laime-3] Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)

Challwayuq
Challwayuq Peru
Highest point
Elevation	4,800 m (15,700 ft) ^[1]
Coordinates	10°33′18″S76°40′31″W / 10.55500°S 76.67528°W / -10.55500; -76.67528 Coordinates: 10°33′18″S76°40′31″W / 10.55500°S 76.67528°W / -10.55500; -76.67528 ^[2]
Geography
Location	Peru, Pasco Region
Parent range	Andes