Tawqan

This article is about the mountain in the Ancash Region, Peru. For other uses, see Tawqa (disambiguation).
Tawqan
Tawqan

Peru

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 / -9.97806; -77.02306Coordinates: 09°58′41″S 77°01′23″W / 9.97806°S 77.02306°W / -9.97806; -77.02306
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 / -9.98333; -77.00722, 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.

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Ancash Region) (unnamed)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ "Audiencia Pública en Chiuruco". Infohuallanca. Retrieved December 13, 2015. see images of Nevado Taucán and Laguna Taucán
  4. 1 2 Inventario de Fuentes de Agua y Padrón de Usarios en el AID - Hilarión
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