Waqaypaka
Waqaypaka | |
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![]() ![]() Waqaypaka Peru | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,300 m (17,400 ft) [1] |
Coordinates | 11°56′10″S 76°8′27″W / 11.93611°S 76.14083°WCoordinates: 11°56′10″S 76°8′27″W / 11.93611°S 76.14083°W |
Geography | |
Location | Peru, Lima Region |
Parent range | Andes, Cordillera Central |
Waqaypaka or Waqay Paka (Quechua waqay, to cry, crying, paka eagle[2] "crying eagle", hispanicized spelling Huacaypaca) is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru, about 5,300 metres (17,388 ft) high. It lies in the Lima Region, Huarochiri Province, in the north of the Tantaranche District. Waqaypaka is situated northeast of a lake named Chumpiqucha.[1]
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