Wachwa Runtuna

Wachwa Runtuna
Wachwa Runtuna

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 12°16′19″S 75°44′34″W / 12.27194°S 75.74278°W / -12.27194; -75.74278Coordinates: 12°16′19″S 75°44′34″W / 12.27194°S 75.74278°W / -12.27194; -75.74278
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Central

Wachwa Runtuna (Quechua wachwa Andean goose, runtu egg, -na a suffix,[2][3][4][5] "where the Andean goose lays eggs", also spelled Huachhua Runtuna) is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 5,000 metres (16,404 ft). It is located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, on the border of the districts of Alis and Tomas, south of Tomas.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region)
  2. ↑ Abdón Yaranga Valderrama: Diccionario Quechua-Español / Runa Simi-Español. Lima / Paris 2003: wachwa: Chloephaga melanoptera, syn. wallata
  3. ↑ Panoramio: Chloephaga melanoptera (Huachua)
  4. ↑ Informac SGRNMA al 31.12.07: huashua (Chloephga melanoptera), [...] huachua (Chloephaga melanoptera).
  5. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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