Kuchpanqa

Kuchpanqa
Kuchpanqa

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,100 m (16,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 10°45′23″S 76°35′42″W / 10.75639°S 76.59500°W / -10.75639; -76.59500Coordinates: 10°45′23″S 76°35′42″W / 10.75639°S 76.59500°W / -10.75639; -76.59500
Geography
Location Peru, Pasco Region
Parent range Andes

Kuchpanqa (Quechua kuchpay to roll, -nqa an archaic nominalising suffix to indicate a place destinated for something,[2][3] "(place) for rolling something", hispanicized spelling Cuchpanga) is a mountain at a small lake of that name in the Andes of Peru, about 5,100 metres (16,732 ft) high. It is located in the Pasco Region, Pasco Province, in the districts of and Huayllay and Simón Bolívar.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Pasco Province (Pasco Region)
  2. ↑ Yachakuqkunapa Simi Qullqa, Ayakuchu Chanka, Qichwa Simipi (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Sufijos arcaicos quechuas en la toponimia andina, Etimologias, Lexis XXVI. 2 (2002): 559-577
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/12/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.