Tawqan | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,200 m (17,100 ft) [1] |
Coordinates | 09°58′41″S 77°01′23″W / 9.97806°S 77.02306°W |
Geography | |
Location | Peru, Ancash Region |
Parent range | Andes, Wallanka |
Tawqan ( Quechua tawqa heap, pile, -n a suffix, [2] Hispanicized spelling Taucán) [3] is a mountain in the Wallanka mountain range in the Andes of Peru which reaches an altitude of approximately 5,200 m (17,100 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, in the districts of Aquia, Huallanca and Huasta, [1] northwest of Chawpi Hanka.
The name of the mountain correlates with the name of a small lake at its feet at 9°59′00″S 77°00′26″W / 9.98333°S 77.00722°W, Tawqanqucha in Quechua (Hispanicized Laguna Taucán or Laguna Aguascocha Superior). [4] Awasqucha (Laguna Aguascocha Inferior) lies immediately east of it. [4] This is where the Ch'iyar Juqhu River ( Aymara for "black swamp", also spelled Chiurucu, Chiúrucu, Chuirucu) originates. Its waters flow to the Marañón River.
Tawqan | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,200 m (17,100 ft) [1] |
Coordinates | 09°58′41″S 77°01′23″W / 9.97806°S 77.02306°W |
Geography | |
Location | Peru, Ancash Region |
Parent range | Andes, Wallanka |
Tawqan ( Quechua tawqa heap, pile, -n a suffix, [2] Hispanicized spelling Taucán) [3] is a mountain in the Wallanka mountain range in the Andes of Peru which reaches an altitude of approximately 5,200 m (17,100 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, in the districts of Aquia, Huallanca and Huasta, [1] northwest of Chawpi Hanka.
The name of the mountain correlates with the name of a small lake at its feet at 9°59′00″S 77°00′26″W / 9.98333°S 77.00722°W, Tawqanqucha in Quechua (Hispanicized Laguna Taucán or Laguna Aguascocha Superior). [4] Awasqucha (Laguna Aguascocha Inferior) lies immediately east of it. [4] This is where the Ch'iyar Juqhu River ( Aymara for "black swamp", also spelled Chiurucu, Chiúrucu, Chuirucu) originates. Its waters flow to the Marañón River.