Huch'uy Anqas

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Huch'uy Anqas
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Huch'uy Anqas
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,182 m (17,001 ft) [1]
Coordinates 12°39′15″S75°24′40″W / 12.65417°S 75.41111°W / -12.65417; -75.41111 Coordinates: 12°39′15″S75°24′40″W / 12.65417°S 75.41111°W / -12.65417; -75.41111
Geography
Location Peru, Huancavelica Region
Parent range Andes, Chunta

Huch'uy Anqas (Quechua huch'uy little, anqas blue, [2] [3] Hispanicized spelling Uchiangas, Uchuiangas) is a 5,182-metre-high (17,001 ft) mountain in the Chunta mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Huancavelica Region, Huancavelica Province, Acobambilla District. Huch'uy Anqas lies south of Anqasqucha and east of the lake named Anqasqucha (Quechua for "blue lake") and north of Chiliqucha. [1] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Cerro Uchuiangas". IGN, Peru. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  2. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huancavelica Province 1 (Huancavelica Region)