Kikash ( Quechua, Hispanicized spelling ''Quicash'') or Pampash (in the local Quechua variant, ''pampa'' means "large plain")Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) is a mountain in the Wallanka mountain range in the

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, about ) high. It is located in the

Ancash Region Ancash (; ) is a department and region in western Peru. It is bordered by the departments of La Libertad on the north, Huánuco and Pasco on the east, Lima on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital is the city of Huaraz, ...

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, Aquia District. It is situated southwest of the main range in a small subrange called Waman Wiqi (Quechua ''waman''

falcon Falcons () are birds of prey in the genus ''Falco'', which includes about 40 species. Some small species of falcons with long, narrow wings are called hobbies, and some that hover while hunting are called kestrels. Falcons are widely distrib ...

or variable hawk, ''wiqi'' tear,Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) "falcon tear" or "hawk tear", Hispanicized ''Huaman Hueque, Huamán Hueque, Huamanhuequi''). There is a small lake named Waman Wiqi southeast of Kikash. The stream Pampash originates on the west side of the mountain, flowing west to the Patiwillka River.

Images

File:Camino aquia.jpg, Kikash as seen from Aquia

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Five-thousanders of the Andes Mountains of the Department of Ancash {{Ancash-geo-stub