Huancane Apacheta (possibly from

Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...

''wanqa'' a big stone, ''-ni'' a

suffix In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns and adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs. Suffixes can ca ...

, ''wanqani'' "the one with a stone (or stones)", ''apachita'' the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of 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 ...

; name in the

for a stone cairn built along the trail in the high mountains) is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the

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, about high. It is located in the

Cusco Region Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth-largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de Dios and Puno ...

, Canchis Province,

Checacupe District Checacupe or Ch'iqa Kupi (Aymara language, Aymara ''ch'iqa'' left, ''kupi'' right, "left right") is one of eight Districts of Peru, districts of the Canchis Province in the Cusco Region in Peru. Geography The Willkanuta mountain range, Willkanut ...

, and 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,

Corani District Corani (from Aymara Qurani, meaning "the one with herbs") is one of ten districts of the Carabaya Province in Peru. Geography The southern section of the Willkanuta mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest peaks of the distri ...

. Huancane Apacheta lies between the mountain Otoroncane in the northeast and Tutallipina and Sayrecucho in the southwest. Huancane is the name of the river which originates northeast of the mountain. Its waters flow to the Vilcanota River.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Canis Province (Cusco Region)

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Mountains of the Department of Cusco Mountains of the Department of Puno Five-thousanders of the Andes {{Puno-geo-stub