Location Peru, Lima Region Ranges Andes, Cordillera Central | Elevation 5,300 m | |
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Parent range Andes, Cordillera Central | ||
Upyanqa (Quechua upyay to drink, -nqa an archaic nominalising suffix to indicate a place destinated for something, "(a place) for drinking", hispanicized spelling Upianca) is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru which reaches an altitude of approximately 5,300 m (17,400 ft). It is located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, in the districts of Colonia and Huantan, north and northeast of a lake and a mountain named Wankarqucha. Upyanqaqucha is the name of a small lake northwest of Upyanqa.
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