Jatun Huiscana (possibly from Quechua ''hatun'' big, ''wisq'ana'' lock, ''wiskana'' a kind of pickaxe,Gladys Camacho Rios, ''Phuyup Yawar Waqaynin'', The bloody tear of a cloud "big lock" or "big pickaxe") is a mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It lies 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 ...
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Calca Province Calca may refer to:
*Calca Peninsula, a peninsula in South Australia
* Calca Province, one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region of Peru
* Calca District, one of the eight districts in the Calca Province
* Calca, Peru, capital of the Calca Dist ...
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Lares District
Lares District is one of eight districts of the province Calca in Peru.
Geography
The Urupampa mountain range traverses the district. One of the highest peaks of the district is Sawasiray at . Other mountains are listed below:
Ethnic grou ...
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Ccerayoc
Ccerayoc (possibly from Quechua ''q'ira'' a species of wild lupin, ''Lupinus platiphyllus'')idmaperu.org Diagnóstico y Plan Maes ...
Sahuasiray
Sahuasiray (possibly from Quechua ''sawa'' matrimony, ''siray'' to sew,), Sawasiray, Colque Cruz or Ccolque Cruz (possibly from Aymara and Quechua ''qullqi'' silver, money, Spanish ''cruz'' cross, "silver cross"), is one of the highest mountain ...