Jupa Tawqaña | |
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Yanaqucha ("black lake") at the foot of Jupa Tawqaña | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 4,800 m (15,700 ft) [1] |
Coordinates | 09°59′01″S77°03′17″W / 9.98361°S 77.05472°W Coordinates: 09°59′01″S77°03′17″W / 9.98361°S 77.05472°W |
Geography | |
Location | Peru, Ancash Region |
Parent range | Andes, Wallanka |
Jupa Tawqaña (Aymara jupa quinoa, tawqaña to pile, [2] "where quinoa is piled", hispanicized spelling Jupaytaugana) or Jupa Tawqana (Quechua tawqa heap, pile, -na a suffix) [3] is a mountain in the Wallanka mountain range in the Andes of Peru which reaches an altitude of approximately 4,800 m (15,700 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Aquia District. Jupay Tawqaña lies at the Kinwa Raqra valley (Quechua kinwa quinoa, raqra crack, crevice, "quinoa crack", hispanicized Quennua Ragra) northeast of Kinwa Quta ("quinoa lake", hispanicized Genhuacuta). [1]
Aymara is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over one million speakers. Aymara, along with Spanish, is one of the official languages of Bolivia and parts of Peru. It is also spoken, to a much lesser extent, by some communities in northern Chile, where it is a recognized minority language.
Quinoa is an annual seed-producing flowering plant grown as a grain crop. It is a pseudocereal, not a grass, unlike wheat and rice. It is botanically related to spinach.
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.
Aquia District is one of fifteen districts of the province Bolognesi in Peru.
Huallanca or Wallanka is a district of the Bolognesi Province in the Ancash Region of Peru.
Yuraq Apachita is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,423.9 metres (14,514 ft) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, Lampa Province, Pucará District, southwest of Pucará.
Qullpa is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,100 metres (16,732 ft) high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Puyca District, and in the Cusco Region, Chumbivilcas Province, Santo Tomás District. It lies northwest of the mountains Qullpa K'uchu and Minasniyuq.
P'isqi P'isqi is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,600 metres (15,092 ft) high. It lies in the Arequipa Region, Castilla Province, Andagua District. P'isqi P'isqi is situated west of Wakapallqa and Llallawi.
Qiwña Milluku is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is situated in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District, and in the Puno Region, El Collao Province, Santa Rosa District. It lies northeast of the mountain Jach'a K'uchu.
Yuraq Apachita is a mountain in the Peruvian Andes, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Azángaro Province, San Antón District. Yuraq Apachita lies southwest of the mountain Ichhu Muruq'u and northeast of Hatun Anta. It is situated at the river Tawqani (Taucane).
Uqi Apachita is a mountain in the Peruvian Andes, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Azángaro Province, on the border of the districts Muñani and San Antón. Uqi Apachita lies northeast of the mountain Yuraq Apachita and southeast of Ichhu Muruq'u and Ch'iyar Jaqhi.
Waña is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,400 metres (17,717 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Chumbivilcas Province, Santo Tomás District. Waña lies northwest of Wamanripa, northeast of Chankuwaña, east of Wayunka and southeast of Ikma.
Yuraq Apachita is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Huaynacotas District. Yuraq Apachita lies southeast of Puka Willka.
Tankan or Ruq'a Qaqa, qaqa rock, Hispanicized Rucagaga) is a 5,162-metre-high (16,936 ft) mountain in the northern part of the Wallanka mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, in the districts of Aquia and Huallanca.
Pisquioc is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 m (16,000 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, Marcapata District, south of Aquichua.
Chaka Apachita is a 5,136-metre-high (16,850 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District. It lies northwest of Qiwña Milluku and southeast of Qina Qinani.
Tawqan is a mountain in the Wallanka mountain range in the Andes of Peru which reaches an altitude of approximately 5,200 m (17,100 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, in the districts of Aquia, Huallanca and Huasta, northwest of Chawpi Hanka.
Quntayqucha Punta is a mountain in the Wallanka mountain range in the Andes of Peru which reaches an altitude of approximately 4,800 m (15,700 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Huasta District, southwest of Chawpi Hanka.
Yuraq Kallapu is a mountain in the Wallanka mountain range in the Andes of Peru which reaches an altitude of approximately 4,800 m (15,700 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Huasta District, northwest of Chawpi Hanka.
Yana Jaqhi is a mountain in the Wallanka mountain range in the Andes of Peru which reaches an altitude of approximately 4,600 m (15,100 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Huasta District, west of Chawpi Hanka.
Calapo or Kallapu is a mountain in the Huallanca mountain range in the Andes of Peru which reaches an altitude of approximately 4,800 m (15,700 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Aquia District, east of the town of Pachapaqui.
Pisqan Punta is a mountain in the southernmost part of the Wallanka mountain range in the Andes of Peru which reaches an altitude of approximately 4,800 m (15,700 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Huasta District. Pisqan Punta lies at the Quntayqucha valley, southwest of a lake named Quntayqucha.
Ancaracra or Anka Raqra is a mountain in the northern part of the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 4,400 m (14,436 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Corongo Province, Cusca District. Ancaracra lies southwest of Gaico and southeast of Pacra.
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