Huacshash

Mountain in Peru
Huacshash is located in Peru
Huacshash
Huacshash
Peru
LocationPeru, Lima RegionParent rangeAndes, 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. ^ a b Neate, Jill (1994). "Peru". Mountaineering in the Andes (PDF). RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre. p. 25. ISBN 0-907649-64-5.
  2. ^ a b c Peru 1:100 000, Yanahuanca (21-j). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú). Huacshah
  3. ^ a b Díaz, Felipe (2008–2009). Carta Turística. Cordilleras Blanca, Negra, Huayhuash y Callejón de Huaylas. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-12-28.
  4. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  5. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe UGEL map of the Cajatambo Province (Lima Region)]


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