Qarwaqucha (Ancash)

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Qarwaqucha
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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 Coordinates: 8°57′17.8″S77°58′0.1″W / 8.954944°S 77.966694°W / -8.954944; -77.966694
Geography
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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Informe de Redinción de Cuentas y Transferencia, Directiva No. 008-2014-CG/PCOR, Contraloría General de la República, Jimbe - Perú, 2014
  2. 1 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-English dictionary](PDF). La Paz, Bolivia.
  4. David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185
  5. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Santa Province (Ancash Region)

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