Quehuisha | |
Elevation M: | 5514 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Language: | Quechua |
Location: | Peru, Arequipa Region |
Map: | Peru |
Map Size: | 240 |
Coordinates: | -15.5206°N -71.7592°W |
Quehuisha (possibly from Quechua for Amaranthus caudatus or for liver),[2] Quehuicha, Queshihua, or Quihuisha is a mountain in the Chila mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5514m (18,091feet) high (according to another source 5170m (16,960feet)).[3] It is located in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, Lari District, west of the mountain Mismi.[4]
The river Callumayo originates south of Quehuisha, between the small lakes Ticllacocha (possibly from Quechua for "two-colored lake") and Jatuncocha (possibly from Quechua for "big lake") near the little village Quihnisha. It flows to the south and ends in the Colca River .