Allincapac,
Allin Ccapac
or Allin Japac
(possibly from
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...
: ''allin'' good, ''qhapaq'' the mighty one)
[Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005: ''qhapaq'' - ''s. Hist. Término utilizado en el inkanato para denominar al poderosos, ilustre, eminente, regio, próspero, glorioso, de sangre real, etc. ...''] is a mountain in the
Andes
The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...
of
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
.
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Map of the area It is the highest peak of the
Carabaya mountain range,
rising up to .
Allincapac is located in the
Puno Region
Puno () is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusc ...
,
Carabaya Province,
Macusani District
Macusani District is one of ten Districts of Peru, districts of the Carabaya Province in Peru. Its seat is Macusani.
Geography
The Kallawaya mountain range, Kallawaya mountain range lies northeast of Macusani. The highest peak of the district is ...
, south of
Huaynaccapac,
[Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994] northeast of
Chichicapac and north of
Lake Chaupicocha.
References
Five-thousanders of the Andes
Mountains of the Department of Puno
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