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Wira Challwa

Coordinates: 12°28′55″S 75°25′46″W / 12.48194°S 75.42944°W / -12.48194; -75.42944
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Wira Challwa
Wira Challwa is located in Peru
Wira Challwa
Wira Challwa
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,760 m (15,620 ft)[1]
Coordinates12°28′55″S 75°25′46″W / 12.48194°S 75.42944°W / -12.48194; -75.42944
Geography
LocationPeru, Junín Region
Parent rangeAndes

Wira Challwa (Quechua wira fat, challwa fish,[2] "fat fish", Hispanicized spelling Huirachaygua) is a 4,760-metre-high (15,617 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru and the name of a small lake near of the mountain. It is located in the Junín Region, Huancayo Province, Chongos Alto District. Wira Challwa lies west of Waqra Willka.[1][3]

The little lake named Wira Challwa lies northeast of the mountain at 12°28′27″S 75°25′21″W / 12.47417°S 75.42250°W / -12.47417; -75.42250.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Cerro Huirachaygua". IGN, Peru. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huancavelica Province 1 (Huancavelica Region)