Quehuisha (Peru)

Quehuisha
The Callumayo valley leading to Quehuisha in the background (center)
Highest point
Elevation5,514 m (18,091 ft)[1]
Coordinates15°31′14″S 71°45′33″W / 15.52056°S 71.75917°W / -15.52056; -71.75917
Naming
Language of nameQuechua
Geography
Quehuisha is located in Peru
Quehuisha
Quehuisha
Peru
LocationPeru, Arequipa Region
Parent rangeAndes, Chila

Quehuisha (possibly from Quechua for Amaranthus caudatus or for liver),[2] Quehuicha, Queshihua, or Quihuisha is a mountain in the Chila mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,514 metres (18,091 ft) high (according to another source 5,170 metres (16,962 ft)).[3] It is located in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, Lari District, west of the mountain Mismi.[4]

The river Callumayo originates south of Quehuisha, between the small lakes Ticllacocha (possibly from Quechua for "two-colored lake") and Jatuncocha (possibly from Quechua for "big lake") near the little village Quihnisha. It flows to the south and ends in the Colca River .

References

  1. ^ archive.is Amazon River : widest and longest
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ^ www.uni.edu.pe
  4. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Caylloma Province (Arequipa Region)


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