Parent range Andes, Willkanuta | Elevation 4,900 m | |
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Location Peru, Cusco Region, Puno Region Mountain range Andes, Cordillera Vilcanota | ||
Wiskana (Quechua for a kind of pickaxe, hispanicized spelling Huiscana) or Wisq'ana (Quechua for lock) is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,900 metres (16,076 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, Camanti District, and in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Ollachea District. It is situated northeast of P'uykutuni and Qullpa Qaqa. North of Wiskana there is a little lake named Wiskanaqucha ("pickaxe lake", also spelled Huiscanacocha). The two little lakes east of the mountain are called Iskayqucha ("two lakes", Iscaycocha).
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