Wiskana

Wiskana
Wiskana

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,900 m (16,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°39′35″S 70°41′59″W / 13.65972°S 70.69972°W / -13.65972; -70.69972Coordinates: 13°39′35″S 70°41′59″W / 13.65972°S 70.69972°W / -13.65972; -70.69972
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region, Puno Region
Parent range Andes, Willkanuta

Wiskana (Quechua for a kind of pickaxe,[2] hispanicized spelling Huiscana) or Wisq'ana (Quechua for lock)[3] is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,900 metres (16,076 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, Camanti District, and in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Ollachea District. It is situated northeast of P'uykutuni and Qullpa Qaqa. North of Wiskana there is a little lake named Wiskanaqucha ("pickaxe lake", also spelled Huiscanacocha). The two little lakes east of the mountain are called Iskayqucha ("two lakes", Iscaycocha).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 2 (Cusco Region)
  2. ↑ Gladys Camacho Rios, Phuyup Yawar Waqaynin, The bloody tear of a cloud
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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