Huch'uy Anqas

Coordinates: 12°39′15″S 75°24′40″W / 12.65417°S 75.41111°W / -12.65417; -75.41111
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Huch'uy Anqas
Huch'uy Anqas is located in Peru
Huch'uy Anqas
Huch'uy Anqas
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,182 m (17,001 ft)[1]
Coordinates12°39′15″S 75°24′40″W / 12.65417°S 75.41111°W / -12.65417; -75.41111
Geography
LocationPeru, Huancavelica Region
Parent rangeAndes, Chunta

Huch'uy Anqas (Quechua huch'uy little, anqas blue,[2][3] Hispanicized spelling Uchiangas, Uchuiangas) is a 5,182-metre-high (17,001 ft) mountain in the Chunta mountain range in the Andes of Peru.

Location[edit]

It is situated in the Huancavelica Region, Huancavelica Province, Acobambilla District. Huch'uy Anqas lies south of Anqasqucha and east of the lake named Anqasqucha (Quechua for "blue lake") and north of Chiliqucha.[1][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Cerro Uchuiangas". IGN, Peru. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  2. ^ "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005.
  3. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huancavelica Province 1 (Huancavelica Region)