Alcay (Junin)

This article is about the mountain on the border of the Junín Region and the Lima Region, Peru. For other uses, see Allqay.
Alcay
Alcay is located in Peru
Alcay
Alcay
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,359 m (17,582 ft)[1]
Coordinates11°17′48″S 76°28′30″W / 11.29667°S 76.47500°W / -11.29667; -76.47500
Geography
LocationPeru, Junín Region, Lima Region
Parent rangeAndes

Alcay (possibly from Quechua for to cut halfway through, to interrupt; to fail,[2][3]) or Alcoy (allquy means "my dog") is a 5,359-metre-high (17,582 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Carhuacayan District and in the Lima Region, Huaral Province, Atavillos Alto District. It lies southwest of Yanque.[1][4]

  1. ^ a b "Nevado Alcay". IGN, Peru. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
  2. ^ "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005. see: alqay
  3. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauli Province (Junín Region)