Wakapallqa

Wakapallqa
Wakapallqa
	Coropuna (snow-covered) and Wakapallqa (to the right) as seen from the ISS (north is to the upper right part of this image)
Highest point
Elevation	5,000 m (16,000 ft)
Coordinates	15°28′23″S 72°28′42″W / 15.47306°S 72.47833°W
Geography
	Wakapallqa Peru
Location	Peru, Arequipa Region, Castilla Province
Parent range	Andes

Wakapallqa (Quechua waka cow (a borrowing from Spanish, pallqa, p'allqa bifurcation,^[2] hispanicized spelling Huagapalca) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It lies in the Arequipa Region, Castilla Province, Andagua District. Wakapallqa is situated northeast of Puma Ranra and southeast of Usqullu and Usqullu Lake.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Castilla Province 1 (Arequipa Region)
^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.

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