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Wachwa

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Location
  
Peru, Lima Region

Mountain range
  
Andes

Elevation
  
5,300 m

Parent range
  
Andes

Wachwa

Wachwa (Quechua for Andean goose, hispanicized spelling Huachhua) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,300 metres (17,388 ft) high. It is situated in the Lima Region, Huarochiri Province, on the border of the districts of Carampoma and Chicla. Wachwa lies southwest of Ukrupata and Millpu and southeast of the lake named Wachwaqucha (Quechua for "Andean goose lake", hispanicized and broken name Huachuguacocha).

Map of Wachwa, Peru

References

Wachwa Wikipedia