Kikash Explained

Kikash
Other Name:Pampash
Elevation M:5338
Elevation Ref:[1]
Range:Wallanka mountain range
Location:Peru, Ancash Region
Map:Peru
Map Size:220
Coordinates:-10.0544°N -77.1°W
First Ascent:1-1984

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 5338m (17,513feet)) 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.

Notes and References

  1. Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate Peru RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994
  2. 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. http://www.andix.com/huaraz_maps/huaraz3.html andix.com
  5. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)