Huacshash

Huacshash
Huaqshash
Highest point
Elevation 5,644 m (18,517 ft)
Listing List of mountains in Peru
Coordinates 10°24′50″S 76°58′30″W / 10.41389°S 76.97500°W / -10.41389; -76.97500Coordinates: 10°24′50″S 76°58′30″W / 10.41389°S 76.97500°W / -10.41389; -76.97500
Geography
Huacshash

Peru

Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes, Huayhuash

Huacshash[1][2] or Huaqshash[3] (possibly from local Quechua waqsa, meaning eye tooth)[4] is a mountain in the west of the Huayhuash mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,644 metres (18,517 ft) high.[1][2] It is located in the Lima Region, Cajatambo Province, Cajatambo District.[5] Huacshash lies on a sub-range in the west, south of the Huayllapa River, north of the Pumarinri River and southeast of the villages of Huayllapa and Auquimarca.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Neate, Jill (1994). "Peru". Mountaineering in the Andes (PDF). RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre. p. 25. ISBN 0-907649-64-5.
  2. 1 2 3 Peru 1:100 000, Yanahuanca (21-j). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú). Huacshah
  3. 1 2 Díaz, Felipe (2008–2009). Carta Turística. Cordilleras Blanca, Negra, Huayhuash y Callejón de Huaylas.
  4. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  5. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe UGEL map of the Cajatambo Province (Lima Region)]
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