Atuq Wachanan
Atuq Wachanan is located in Peru
Atuq Wachanan
Atuq Wachanan
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,438 m (14,560 ft)[1]
Coordinates9°43′52″S 76°34′12″W / 9.73111°S 76.57000°W / -9.73111; -76.57000
Geography
LocationHuánuco Region
Parent rangeAndes

Atuq Wachanan (Quechua atuq fox, wacha birth, to give birth, -na, -n suffixes,[2] "where the fox is born", also spelled Atoc-Huachanan) is a 4,438-metre-high (14,560 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Huánuco Region, Yarowilca Province, Aparicio Pomares District.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, La Unión 1551, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Washington DC
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Dos de Mayo Province (Huánuco Region)


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