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

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°43′11″S 72°34′03″W / 14.71972°S 72.56750°W / -14.71972; -72.56750Coordinates: 14°43′11″S 72°34′03″W / 14.71972°S 72.56750°W / -14.71972; -72.56750
Geography
Location Peru, Arequipa Region, La Unión Province
Parent range Andes, 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. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Unión Province (Arequipa Region)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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