Ancahuachanan (possibly from

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...

''anka''

black-chested buzzard-eagle The black-chested buzzard-eagle (''Geranoaetus melanoleucus'') is a bird of prey of the hawk and eagle family (Accipitridae). It lives in open regions of South America. This species is also known as the black buzzard-eagle, the gray buzzard-eag ...

eagle Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. Most of the 68 species of eagle are from Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just ...

, ''wacha'' birth, to give birth ''-na'', ''-n''

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, adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs. Suffixes can carry ...

es, "where the eagle is born") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the

Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

, about high. It is situated in the

Cusco Region Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu suyu ), 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 D ...

Quispicanchi Province Quispicanchi Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. Geography The Quispicanchi Province is bounded to the north by the Paucartambo Province and the Madre de Dios Region, to the east by the Pu ...

Ocongate District The Ocongate District is one of the twelve districts in the Quispicanchi Province in Peru. Created on January 2, 1857, its capital is the town of Ocongate. Geography The Willkanuta mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest pe ...

. Ancahuachanan lies northwest of

Alcamarinayoc Alcamarinayoc (possibly from Aymara and Quechua ''allqamari'' mountain caracara) or Colque Cruz (possibly from Aymara and Quechua ''qullqi'' money, silver, Spanish ''cruz'' cross) is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of P ...

and east of

Singrenacocha Lake Singrenacocha (possibly from Quechua ''sinkriy'' to walk in a line / to string, ''sikriy, sinri'' to string beads, ''-na'' a suffix, ''qucha'' lake) or Sigrenacochaescale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province (Cusco Region), sh ...

References

Mountains of Peru Mountains of Cusco Region Glaciers of Peru {{Cusco-geo-stub