Coordinates: 9°17′32″S 77°49′11″W / 9.29222°S 77.81972°W / -9.29222; -77.81972

Wallpaq Sillu Punta

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Wallpaq Sillu Punta
Wallpaq Sillu Punta is located in Peru
Wallpaq Sillu Punta
Wallpaq Sillu Punta
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,600 m (15,100 ft)[1]
Coordinates9°17′32″S 77°49′11″W / 9.29222°S 77.81972°W / -9.29222; -77.81972
Geography
LocationPeru, Ancash Region
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Negra

Wallpaq Sillu Punta (Quechua wallpa hen, -q an obsolete suffix, sillu claw, punta peak; ridge,[2][3] "chicken claw peak (or ridge)", also spelled Huallpacsillopunta) is a mountain in the Cordillera Negra in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 4,600 m (15,100 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Yungay Province, on the border of the districts of Cascapara and Quillo.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yungay Province (Ancash Region)
  2. ^ a b Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185