Calapo

Calapo
The main square of Pachapaqui at the foot of Calapo
Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 09°57′49″S 77°04′23″W / 9.96361°S 77.07306°W / -9.96361; -77.07306Coordinates: 09°57′49″S 77°04′23″W / 9.96361°S 77.07306°W / -9.96361; -77.07306 
Geography
Calapo
Peru
Location Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range Andes, Huallanca

Calapo or Kallapu (Aymara for stairs close to the walls, step of the stairs in a mine; buttress, wood to prop up,[2][3] hispanicized spelling Calapo) is a mountain in the Huallanca mountain range in the Andes of Peru which reaches an altitude of approximately 4,800 m (15,700 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Aquia District, east of the town of Pachapaqui.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Ancash Region)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Boletín de la Academía Peruana de la Lengua Vol. 51, N.º 51, June 2011, Lima, p.22
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