Maquimaquiyoc

Maquimaquiyoc
Maquimaquiyoc
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,200 m (13,800 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°17′07″S 71°57′21″W / 13.28528°S 71.95583°W / -13.28528; -71.95583Coordinates: 13°17′07″S 71°57′21″W / 13.28528°S 71.95583°W / -13.28528; -71.95583 [2]
Geography
Location Peru
Parent range Andes, Urubamba

Maquimaquiyoc (possibly from Quechua maki hand, maki maki a kind of tree with fingered leaves (Oreopanax incisus), -yuq a suffix,[3][4] "the one with the maki maki tree) is a mountain in the eastern extensions of the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,200 m (13,800 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District. It lies east of Coscojahuarina and southeast of Huamanchoque and Pitusiray.[1][2]

References

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


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