Veronica,
also called Huacrahuilki
("horn pass"),
Huacay Huilcay,
Wayna Willka,
Waqaywillka,
Urubamba ("spider's plain"),
or Padre Eterno,
is a
mountain in the
Urubamba mountain range
The Urubamba mountain range (possibly from Quechua ''uru'' spider, ''pampa'' a plain) lies in the Cusco Region in Peru.The American Alpine Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2, Issue 47, 1973, p. 389. ''Cordillera Urubamba'' It extends in a northwesterly direct ...
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 ...
of
Peru
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, national_motto = "Fi ...
. It is located 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 ...
,
La Convención Province
La Convención Province is the largest of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.
As part of the higher-altitude Amazon basin at the foot of the Andes, La Convención is one of three Peruvian provinces that promin ...
,
Huayopata District
Huayopata District is one of fourteen districts of the province La Convención in Peru. Huyro, the capital of the district had a population of 1,619 in 2017. Nearby Amaybamba (not to be confused with the town of the same name in Inkawasi District ...
, and in the
Urubamba Province
Urubamba Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.
Geography
The province is bounded to the north by the La Convención Province, to the east by the Calca Province, to the south by the Cusco Pr ...
,
Ollantaytambo District
Ollantaytambo District is one of seven districts of the province Urubamba in Peru.
Geography
The Urupampa and Willkapampa mountain ranges traverse the district. The highest peak of the district is Sallqantay at . Other mountains are listed b ...
[escale.minedu.gob.pe Map of the Urubamba Province] northwest of the town of
Ollantaytambo
Ollantaytambo ( qu, Ullantaytampu) is a town and an Inca archaeological site in southern Peru some by road northwest of the city of Cusco. It is located at an altitude of above sea level in the district of Ollantaytambo, province of Urubamb ...
.
See also
*
Alfamayo River
Alfamayo River (possibly from Quechua ''allpa'' earth, ''mayu'' river, "earth river") is a river in Peru located in the Cusco Region, La Convención Province, Huayopata District. It is a right tributary of the Lucumayo, an affluent of the Vilcano ...
*
Cochapata
Cochapata or Qochapata (possibly from Quechua ''qucha'' lake, ''pata'' elevated place, riverbank, shore)Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) is an archaeological site in ...
*
Huamanmarca
*
Inka Tampu
*
Lucumayo River
Lucumayo (possibly from Quechua ''luq'u'' old hat that has lost ist form; hollow, depression (of an area), ''mayu'' river) is a river in Peru located in the Cusco Region, La Convención Province, Huayopata District. Its waters flow to the Urubamba ...
*
Urubamba
References
Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Cusco Region
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