Tuku Wachana
For the mountain in the Ancash Region, Peru, see Tuku Wachanan.
Tuku Wachana | |
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Tuku Wachana Peru | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1] |
Coordinates | 14°04′26″S 70°14′21″W / 14.07389°S 70.23917°WCoordinates: 14°04′26″S 70°14′21″W / 14.07389°S 70.23917°W |
Geography | |
Location | Peru, Puno Region, Carabaya Province |
Parent range | Andes, Kallawaya |
Tuku Wachana (quechua tuku owl, wacha birth, to give birth, -na a suffix,[2][3] "where the owl is born", also spelled Tucuhuachana) is mountain in the Kallawaya mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000-metre (16,000 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Ituata District. Tuku Wachana lies southwest of Pumaqulluni, northeast of Q'iruni and southeast of Allpa Qhata. The little lake east of it is named Wila Quta (Aymara for "red lake", also spelled Vilajota).[1]
References
- 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map Crucero District 2 (Puno Region)
- ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
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