Coordinates: 12°01′38″S 76°00′38″W / 12.02722°S 76.01056°W / -12.02722; -76.01056

Parya Chaka

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Parya Chaka
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Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
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Geography
LocationPeru, Lima Region
Parent rangeAndes, Paryaqaqa

Parya Chaka (Quechua parya reddish, copper or sparrow,[2][3][4] chaka bridge, "reddish (copper or sparrow) bridge", Hispanicized spelling Pariachaca) is a mountain in the south of the Paryaqaqa or Waruchiri mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 m (16,404 ft) high. It is also the name of a lake near the mountain. The mountain is located in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, Quinti District, and in the Yauyos Province, Tanta District. It is situated southwest of Paryaqaqa.[1] It is situated within the borders of the Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve.[5]

The lake named Parya Chaka is west of the mountain at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.. It lies in a row between Ch'uspiqucha in the northeast and P'itiqucha in the southwest.

References

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochirí Province (Lima Region)
  2. ^ César W. Astuhuamán Gonzáles, Pariacaca: un oráculo imperial andino: "Respecto al significado del nombre de la deidad, los términos Paria (rojiza) y caca (montaña), aluden a una montaña rojiza, ... ."
  3. ^ Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Sufijos arcaicos quechuas en la toponimia andina, Etimologias, Lexis XXVI. 2 (2002): 559-577
  4. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  5. ^ ParksWatch, Park Profile - Peru Nor Yauyos – Cochas Landscape Reserve, p. 6