Uña Paka

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Uña Paka
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Uña Paka
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,050 m (16,570 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 13°11′35″S74°55′52″W / 13.19306°S 74.93111°W / -13.19306; -74.93111 Coordinates: 13°11′35″S74°55′52″W / 13.19306°S 74.93111°W / -13.19306; -74.93111  
Geography
Location Peru, Huancavelica Region, Huaytará Province
Parent range Andes

Uña Paka (Quechua uña little animal, paka eagle, [2] "little eagle", hispanicized spelling Uñapaca) is a mountain in the Huancavelica Region in Peru, about 5,050 m (16,570 ft) high. It is located in the Huancavelica Province, Huachocolpa District, and in the Huaytará Province, Pilpichaca District. It lies north of a little lake named Yanaqucha ("black lake"). [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, Huachocolpa 1944, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaytará Province (Huancavelica Region)
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