P'aqla Tanka

P'aqla Tanka
P'aqla Tanka

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 10°13′46″S 76°04′07″W / 10.22944°S 76.06861°W / -10.22944; -76.06861Coordinates: 10°13′46″S 76°04′07″W / 10.22944°S 76.06861°W / -10.22944; -76.06861
Geography
Location Peru, Huánuco Region
Parent range Andes

P'aqla Tanka (Quechua p'aqla bald, tanka a deep bifurcation, fork,[2][3][4] also spelled Pagletanca) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 m (15,700 ft) high. It is located in the Huánuco Region, Ambo Province, San Rafael District. P'aqla Tanka lies southwest of Ashu Hanka.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, Ambo 1650, 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. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Edison Jimenez Blanco, Cusco Monumental, Historia, Costumbres
  5. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Ambo Province (Huánuco Region)
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