Kikash

Kikash
Pampash
Kikash as seen from the southwest (Chiquián District)
Highest point
Elevation5,338 m (17,513 ft)[1]
Coordinates10°03′16″S 77°06′00″W / 10.05444°S 77.10000°W / -10.05444; -77.10000
Geography
Kikash is located in Peru
Kikash
Kikash
Peru
LocationPeru, Ancash Region
Parent rangeWallanka mountain range
Climbing
First ascent1-1984[1]

Kikash (Quechua, Hispanicized spelling Quicash) or Pampash (in the local Quechua variant, pampa means "large plain")[2] is a mountain in the Wallanka mountain range[1] in the Andes of Peru, about 5,338 m (17,513 ft)) high. It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Aquia District.[3][4] It is situated southwest of the main range in a small subrange called Waman Wiqi (Quechua waman falcon or variable hawk, wiqi tear,[2][5] "falcon tear" or "hawk tear", Hispanicized Huaman Hueque, Huamán Hueque, Huamanhuequi). There is a small lake named Waman Wiqi southeast of Kikash. The stream Pampash originates on the west side of the mountain, flowing west to the Patiwillka River.

  1. ^ a b c Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate Peru RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994
  2. ^ a b Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ^ ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Ancash Region) showing "Cerro Quicash" west of the mountain Kikash (unnamed) in the Waman Wiqi range ("Cordillera de Huaman Hueque")
  4. ^ andix.com Archived 2012-03-12 at the Wayback Machine Map of a part of the Cordillera Blanca
  5. ^ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)