Awki Sunqu

Awki Sunqu
Awki Sunqu

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,050 m (16,570 ft) [1]
Coordinates 12°34′36″S 75°36′47″W / 12.57667°S 75.61306°W / -12.57667; -75.61306Coordinates: 12°34′36″S 75°36′47″W / 12.57667°S 75.61306°W / -12.57667; -75.61306
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Central

Awki Sunqu (Quechua awki prince; a mythical figure of the Andean culture; grandfather, sunqu heart,[2][3] "the prince's (Awki's or grandfather's) heart", hispanicized spelling Auquisonco) is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru which reaches an altitude of approximately 5,050 m (16,570 ft). It is located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, in the districts of Huantan and Tupe. It lies west of the lakes named Wich'iqucha and Quylluqucha, south of Chuntani.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, Tupe 1745, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  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)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region)
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