Waqrawiri

Waqrawiri
Waqrawiri

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,425 m (17,799 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°58′35″S 72°12′16″W / 14.97639°S 72.20444°W / -14.97639; -72.20444Coordinates: 14°58′35″S 72°12′16″W / 14.97639°S 72.20444°W / -14.97639; -72.20444 [2]
Geography
Location Peru, Arequipa Region, Castilla Province
Parent range Andes, Wansu

Waqrawiri (Quechua waqra horn, wiri lasso,[3][4] "horn lasso", hispanicized spelling Huajrahuire) or Waxra Wiri (Aymara waxra horn, wiri (a part of) a foot plough)[5][6][7] is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,425 metres (17,799 ft) high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Castilla Province, Orcopampa District. Waqrawiri lies northwest of the lake Machuqucha and south of the river Millumayu[8] (Quechua for aluminium sulfate river,[3] hispanicized Millomayo).

References

  1. ↑ allthemountains.com/httpdocs/southmap.htm (inactive website), retrieved January 23, 2010
  2. ↑ "Nevados". IGN, Peru. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  5. ↑ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  6. ↑ Juan Carvajal Carvajal, Arturo Hernández Sallés, Nelly Ramos Pizarro, Diccionario Ilustrado Aymara-Español-Inglés (Aymara-Spanish-English dictionary)
  7. ↑ Felipe Huayhua, Aymara wankaña yapuchawina (Canciones aimaras : signos de la actividad agrícola)
  8. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Castilla Province 1 (Arequipa Region)


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