Huajayhuillca

Huajayhuillca
Fields with the Urubamba range and Huajayhuillca (center) in the background
Highest point
Elevation5,361 m (17,589 ft)
Coordinates13°09′54″S 72°22′14″W / 13.16500°S 72.37056°W / -13.16500; -72.37056
Geography
Huajayhuillca is located in Peru
Huajayhuillca
Huajayhuillca
Peru
Huajayhuillca is located in South America
Huajayhuillca
Huajayhuillca
Huajayhuillca (South America)
LocationCusco, Peru
Parent rangeAndes, Urubamba

Huajayhuillca[1][2] (possibly from Quechua waqay to cry, willka Anadenanthera colubrina)[3][4] is a mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru, with an elevation of 5,361 m (17,589 ft).[1] It is located in the Cusco Region, La Convención Province, Huayopata District, and in the Urubamba Province, Ollantaytambo District.[2] Huajayhuillca lies southwest of Marconi.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Peru 1:100 000, Urubamba (27-r). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
  2. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe Map of the Urubamba Province
  3. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. ^ Mariko Namba Walter,Eva Jane Neumann Fridman, Shamanism: An Encyclopedia of World Beliefs, Practices, and Culture, Vol. 1, p. 439 willka or vilca (Anadenanthera peregrina and Anadenanthera colubrina)