Waña Q'awa (
Aymara ''waña'' dry, ''q'awa'' little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, gap in the earth,
[ "dry brook" or "dry ravine", also spelled ''Guañacahua'') is a mountain in the ]Andes
The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...
of Peru
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which reaches a height of approximately . It is located in the Tacna Region
Tacna (; Aymara language, Aymara and Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''Taqna'') is the southernmost Regions of Peru, department and Regional Government of Tacna, region in Peru. The Chilean Army occupied the present-day Tacna Department during the W ...
, Tacna Province, Palca District.[ Waña Q'awa lies northeast of the archaeological site of Wila Wilani.]
References
Mountains of the Department of Tacna
Four-thousanders of the Andes
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