Qarwaqucha (Ancash)

This article is about the mountain at a little lake of that name in the Ancash Region, Peru. For other uses, see Qarwaqucha.

Qarwaqucha
Qarwaqucha as seen from Jimbe
Highest point
Elevation	5,070 [1]  m (16,630 ft)
Coordinates	8°57′17.8″S77°58′0.1″W / 8.954944°S 77.966694°W / -8.954944; -77.966694
Geography
Qarwaqucha Peru
Location	Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range	Andes, Cordillera Negra

Qarwaqucha (Quechua qarwa yellowish, qucha lake, ^{[2] [3]} "yellowish lake", also spelled Carhuacocha), also known as Qarwa Punta (Quechua for "yellowish peak (or ridge)", ^{[2] [4]} also spelled Carhuapunta) or Flery Punta, is a mountain in the Cordillera Negra in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Ancash Region, Santa Province, Cáceres del Perú District, near a little lake of that name. It reaches a height of 5,070 m (16,634 ft). ^{[1] [5]}

The lake named Qarwaqucha lies southeast of the peak at 8°57′35″S77°57′26″W / 8.95972°S 77.95722°W / -8.95972; -77.95722 . ^[5]

References

1. Informe de Redinción de Cuentas y Transferencia, Directiva No. 008-2014-CG/PCOR, Contraloría General de la República, Jimbe - Perú, 2014
2. "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005.
3. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
4. David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185
5. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Santa Province (Ancash Region)

See also

• List of mountains in the Andes