Wallpaq Sillu Punta

Wallpaq Sillu Punta
Wallpaq Sillu Punta

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,600 m (15,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates 9°17′32″S 77°49′11″W / 9.29222°S 77.81972°W / -9.29222; -77.81972Coordinates: 9°17′32″S 77°49′11″W / 9.29222°S 77.81972°W / -9.29222; -77.81972
Geography
Location Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Negra

Wallpaq Sillu Punta (Quechua wallpa hen, -q an obsolete suffix, sillu claw, punta peak; ridge,[2][3] "chicken claw peak (or ridge)", also spelled Huallpacsillopunta) is a mountain in the Cordillera Negra in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 4,600 m (15,100 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Yungay Province, on the border of the districts of Cascapara and Quillo.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yungay Province (Ancash Region)
  2. 1 2 Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185


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