Qusqu Qhawarina (Totora)

This article is about the mountain near Totora in the Calca District, Calca Province, Cusco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Qusqu Qhawarina (disambiguation).
Qusqu Qhawarina
Qusqu Qhawarina

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,623 m (15,167 ft)[1]
Coordinates 13°14′40″S 71°55′33″W / 13.24444°S 71.92583°W / -13.24444; -71.92583Coordinates: 13°14′40″S 71°55′33″W / 13.24444°S 71.92583°W / -13.24444; -71.92583
Geography
Location Peru
Parent range Andes, Urupampa

Qusqu Qhawarina (Quechua qusqu boundary stone; nucleus; navel; heap of earth and stones; bed, dry bed of a lake, Qusqu Cusco (a city), qhawarina, qhawana viewpoint,[2][3] hispanicized spelling Qosqoqahuarina) is a 4,623 m (15,167 ft) high mountain in the eastern extensions of the Urupampa mountain range in the Andes of Peru It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District. It lies south of Llamayuq Q'asa and west of the village of Totora.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Calca (map)". IGN, Peru. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  2. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Calca Province (Cusco Region)


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