Huiscana

Huiscana
Huiscana
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,900 m (16,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°39′35″S 70°41′59″W / 13.65972°S 70.69972°W / -13.65972; -70.69972Coordinates: 13°39′35″S 70°41′59″W / 13.65972°S 70.69972°W / -13.65972; -70.69972 
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region, Puno Region
Parent range Andes, Vilcanota

Huiscana (possibly from Quechua for a kind of pickaxe,[2] or Wisq'ana for lock)[3] is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,900 metres (16,076 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, Camanti District, and in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Ollachea District. It is situated northeast of Puicutuni and Jolpajaja. North of Huiscana there is a little lake named Huiscanacocha ("pickaxe lake"). The two little lakes east of the mountain are called Iscaycocha ("two lakes").[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 2 (Cusco Region)
  2. ↑ Gladys Camacho Rios, Phuyup Yawar Waqaynin, The bloody tear of a cloud
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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