Wallpaq Sillu Punta

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Wallpaq Sillu Punta
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Wallpaq Sillu Punta
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,600 m (15,100 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 9°17′32″S77°49′11″W / 9.29222°S 77.81972°W / -9.29222; -77.81972 Coordinates: 9°17′32″S77°49′11″W / 9.29222°S 77.81972°W / -9.29222; -77.81972  
Geography
Location Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Negra

Wallpaq Sillu Punta (Quechua wallpa hen, -q an obsolete suffix, sillu claw, punta peak; ridge, [2] [3] "chicken claw peak (or ridge)", also spelled Huallpacsillopunta) is a mountain in the Cordillera Negra in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 4,600 m (15,100 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Yungay Province, on the border of the districts of Cascapara and Quillo. [1] [2]

Claw pointed appendage

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Cordillera Negra mountain range in Peru

The Cordillera Negra is part of the Cordillera Occidental, one of three mountain ranges in the Andes of west central Peru. It is almost entirely located within the Ancash Region.

Andes mountain range running along the tu mamide of South America

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References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yungay Province (Ancash Region)
  2. 1 2 Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185


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