Anka Phawa (Puyca)

For the mountain on the border of the Condesuyos Province and the La Unión Province, Arequipa Region, Peru, see Anka Phawa.
Anka Phawa
Anka Phawa is located in Peru
Anka Phawa
Anka Phawa
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates14°43′11″S 72°34′03″W / 14.71972°S 72.56750°W / -14.71972; -72.56750
Geography
LocationPeru, Arequipa Region, La Unión Province
Parent rangeAndes, Wansu

Anka Phawa (Quechua anka eagle or black-chested buzzard-eagle, phaway, phawa flight,[2][3] "eagle flight", also spelled Ancapahua) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000-metre (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Puyca District. Anka Phawa lies north of Yuraq Rumi and southeast of Q'illu Urqu.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Unión Province (Arequipa Region)
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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