Anqasi (Caylloma)

Anqasi
Anqasi
	Anqasi Peru
Highest point
Elevation	4,800 m (15,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates	15°57′21″S 71°06′36″W
Geography
Location	Peru, Arequipa Region
Parent range	Andes

Anqasi (Quechua for cobalt salt used for dyeing,[2] hispanicized spelling Anccase) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It is located in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, Chuca District. It lies northwest of Sullk'a Chuqa at a little lake named Anqasiqucha ("cobalt salt lake", hispanicized Ancasecocha).[1]

References

escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Caylloma Province 2 (Arequipa Region)
Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua (PDF). Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005 https://indigenasdelperu.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/diccionario-qeswa-academia-mayor-cuzco.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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[escale-1] scale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Caylloma Province 2 (Arequipa Region)

[simi-2] Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua (PDF). Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005 https://indigenasdelperu.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/diccionario-qeswa-academia-mayor-cuzco.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)