Huaillaccocha

Huaillaccocha
Huaillaccocha
	Huaillaccocha Peru
Highest point
Elevation	5,100 m (16,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates	15°25′21″S71°54′34″W / 15.42250°S 71.90944°W Coordinates: 15°25′21″S71°54′34″W / 15.42250°S 71.90944°W
Geography
Location	Peru, Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province
Parent range	Andes, Chila

Last updated April 07, 2019

Huaillaccocha (possibly from Quechua waylla meadow, qucha lake,^[2] "meadow lake") is a mountain in the Chila mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,100 metres (16,732 ft) high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, Tapay District. Huaillaccocha lies northwest of Surihuiri and Minaspata and southeast of Huallatane. The valley south of the mountain is named Kencohuaycco (possibly from Quechua for "zig-zag valley" or "zig-zag stream"). Its waters flow to the Molloco River, an affluent of the Colca River.^[1]

The Chila mountain range lies in the Arequipa Region in the Andes of Peru. It extends between 15°02' and 15°26'S and 71°43' and 72°37'W for about 80 km. The range is located in the provinces of Castilla and Caylloma.

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.

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.

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References

1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Caylloma Province 1 (Arequipa Region)
↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)

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[map-1] 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Caylloma Province 1 (Arequipa Region)

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

Huaillaccocha
Huaillaccocha Peru
Highest point
Elevation	5,100 m (16,700 ft) ^[1]
Coordinates	15°25′21″S71°54′34″W / 15.42250°S 71.90944°W / -15.42250; -71.90944 Coordinates: 15°25′21″S71°54′34″W / 15.42250°S 71.90944°W / -15.42250; -71.90944
Geography
Location	Peru, Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province
Parent range	Andes, Chila