Millu Hirka

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Millu Hirka
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Millu Hirka
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,900 m (16,100 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 9°24′36″S77°17′20″W / 9.41000°S 77.28889°W / -9.41000; -77.28889 Coordinates: 9°24′36″S77°17′20″W / 9.41000°S 77.28889°W / -9.41000; -77.28889  
Geography
Location Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Blanca

Millu Hirka (Quechua millu salty, Ancash Quechua hirka mountain, [2] [3] hispanicized spelling Millujirca) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 4,900 m (16,076 ft) high. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Huari Province, Huari District. Millu Hirka lies northeast of Antap'iti and southeast of Tullparahu. Milluqucha ("salty lake", Millucocha) is the name of the lake north of the mountain. [1]

Ancash Quechua, or Huaylay, is a Quechua variety, spoken in the department of Ancash by approximately 1,000,000 people. Like Wanka Quechua, it belongs to Quechua I.

Cordillera Blanca mountain range

The Cordillera Blanca is a mountain range in Peru that is part of the larger Andes range and extends for 200 kilometres (124 mi) between 8°08' and 9°58'S and 77°00' and 77°52'W, in a northwesterly direction. It includes several peaks over 6,000 metres (19,690 ft) high and 722 individual glaciers. The highest mountain in Peru, Huascarán, at 6,768 metres (22,205 ft) high, is located there.

Andes mountain range running along the tu mamide of South America

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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Sacha Hirka mountain in Peru

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Hatun Hirka may refer to:

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References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaraz Province (Ancash Region)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ homepage.ntlworld.com/robert_beer Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine . Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj, Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino - castellano - English, Brighton 2006


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