Anka Wachana (Quispicanchi)

For the mountain in the Chumbivilcas Province, Cusco Region, Peru, see Anka Wachana (Chumbivilcas). For the lake in the Junín Region, Peru, see Ankap Wachanan. For the television series, see Mama Rosa.
Anka Wachana
Mama Rosa
Anka Wachana

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,100 m (16,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates 13°31′06″S 71°07′07″W / 13.51833°S 71.11861°W / -13.51833; -71.11861Coordinates: 13°31′06″S 71°07′07″W / 13.51833°S 71.11861°W / -13.51833; -71.11861[2]
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Andes

Anka Wachana (Quechua anka black-chested buzzard-eagle or eagle, wacha birth, to give birth[3][4] -na a suffix, "where the eagle is born", hispanicized spelling Ancahuachana) or Mama Rosa[5] is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,100 metres (16,732 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, in the districts of Camanti and Marcapata. Anka Wachana lies northeast of Sinkrinaqucha and east of Qullqipunku.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province (Cusco Region)
  2. ign.gob.pe Archived September 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. IGN, Peru
  3. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  5. Fernando Melgar Vargas et al., Informe final, CIAA-ACCID-004-2012, HELICUSCO S.A., SIKORSKY S-58ET, OB-1840, Cerro "Mama Rosa", Quispicanchis, Cusco - Peru, 06 de Junio de 2012
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