Nañuhuaico

Nañuhuaico
Nañuhuaico Peru
Highest point
Elevation	4,932 m (16,181 ft)[1]
Coordinates	13°11′57″S 73°04′31″W
Naming
Language of name	Quechua
Geography
Location	Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range	Andes, Vilcabamba

Nañuhuaico (possibly from Quechua ñañu thin (cylindrical objects), slim, wayq'u brook,[2] "thin brook") is a 4,932-metre-high (16,181 ft) mountain in the Vilcabamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, La Convención Province, Vilcabamba District. Nañuhuaico lies northwest of a mountain named Soirococha and north of a lake of that name, northeast of Panta.[1][3]

Nañuhuaico (erroneously spelled Nunahuayco) is also the name of a stream which originates north of the mountain. It is a left affluent of the Hatun Wayq'u ("big brook") in the north whose waters flow to the Apurímac River as a right tributary.

References

1. Ernst Spiess: Die Panta-Karte der SAC-Expedition in die Cordillera Vilcabamba (Peru), Cartographica Helvetica, Heft 28, Juli 2003
2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Convención Province 1 (Cusco Region) (unnamed)