Kikash
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.
| Kikash | |
|---|---|
| Pampash | |
 Kikash as seen from the southwest (Chiquián District) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,338 m (17,513 ft) [1] |
| Coordinates | 10°03′16″S 77°06′00″W |
| Geography | |
  Kikash Peru | |
| Location | Peru, Ancash Region |
| Parent range | Wallanka mountain range |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1-1984[1] |
Images
Kikash as seen from Aquia
Sources
- Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate Peru RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994
- Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ^ 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")
- andix.com Archived 2012-03-12 at the Wayback Machine Map of a part of the Cordillera Blanca
- Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
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