Ankap Wachanan

For the mountain in the Chumbivilcas Province, Cusco Region, Peru, see Anka Wachana (Chumbivilcas). For the mountain in the Quispicanchi Province, Cusco Region, Peru, see Anka Wachana (Quispicanchi).
Ankap Wachanan
Location Junín Region
Coordinates 11°53′48″S 75°4′14″W / 11.89667°S 75.07056°W / -11.89667; -75.07056Coordinates: 11°53′48″S 75°4′14″W / 11.89667°S 75.07056°W / -11.89667; -75.07056[1]
Basin countries Peru

Ankap Wachanan (Quechua anka black-chested buzzard-eagle or eagle, wacha birth, to give birth[2][3] -p, -na, -n suffixes, "birthplace of the eagle", hispanicized spelling Ancapuachanan) is a small lake in the Waytapallana mountain range in Peru. It is located in the Junín Region, Huancayo Province, El Tambo District.[4] Ankap Wachanan is situated north of the lake named Ch'uspiqucha (Quechua for "fly lake", hispanicized Chuspicocha) and southwest of Ch'uspi ("fly", Chuspi).

References

  1. "Lagunas". IGN, Peru. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  2. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huancayo Province (Junín Region) showing the lake (unnamed) south-west of the mountain Ch'uspi (Chuspi)


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