Coscojahuarina (Calca)

Coscojahuarina
Coscojahuarina
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,600 m (15,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°17′21″S 71°58′09″W / 13.28917°S 71.96917°W / -13.28917; -71.96917Coordinates: 13°17′21″S 71°58′09″W / 13.28917°S 71.96917°W / -13.28917; -71.96917 [2]
Geography
Location Peru
Parent range Andes, Urubamba

Coscojahuarina (possibly from Quechua qusqu boundary stone; nucleus; navel; heap of earth and stones; bed, dry bed of a lake, Qusqu Cusco (a city), qhawarina, qhawana viewpoint)[3][4] is a mountain in the eastern extensions of the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,600 m (15,100 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District. It lies 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 Coscojahuarina". 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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