Tankan (Quechua tanka a deep bifurcation, fork, -n a suffix,[2][3] Hispanicized spelling Tancan)[1] or Ruq'a Qaqa (Quechua ruq'a Opuntia floccosa), qaqa rock,[2] Hispanicized Rucagaga)[4] is a 5,162-metre-high (16,936 ft) mountain in the northern part of the Wallanka mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, in the districts of Aquia and Huallanca.[5]
| Tankan | |
|---|---|
| Ruq'a Qaqa | |
  Tankan Peru | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,162 m (16,936 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 9°52′19″S 77°03′43″W / 9.87194°S 77.06194°W[1] |
| Geography | |
| Location | Peru, Ancash Region |
| Parent range | Wallanka |
Sources
edit- ^ a b c "Nevado Tancan". IGN, Peru. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
- ^ a b "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005.
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
- ^ Alfred J. Bodenlos, George E. Ericksen, Lead-Zing Deposits of Cordillera Blanca and Northern Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru, Geological Survey Bulletin 1017, see. sketch maps p.9-10
- ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Ancash Region)
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