Huacaypaca

Huacaypaca
Huacaypaca
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,365 m (17,602 ft)
Coordinates 11°56′10″S 76°8′27″W / 11.93611°S 76.14083°W / -11.93611; -76.14083Coordinates: 11°56′10″S 76°8′27″W / 11.93611°S 76.14083°W / -11.93611; -76.14083 
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Central

Huacaypaca[1] (possibly from Quechua waqay, to cry, crying, paka eagle)[2] is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru, 5,365 metres (17,602 ft) high.[1] It lies in the Lima Region, Huarochiri Province, in the north of the Tantaranche District. Huacaypaca is situated northeast of a lake named Chumpicocha.

References

  1. 1 2 Peru 1:100 000, Matucana (24-k). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
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