Cuzco Department
Calca Province
Lares District

Capacsaya

Capacsaya, Ccapacsaya, Media Luna or Huayurioc is a mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the of , about 5,044 metres high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, , and in the Urubamba Province, .
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 5,044 metres
  • Description: mountain in Peru
  • Also known as: “Nevado Capacsaya” and “Qhapaqsaya”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pumahuanca and Sutoc.

Peak
Photo: Yupanasimi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, Pumahuanja or Yucay is a 5,318-metre-high mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the of . It is located in the Cusco Region, on the boundary between Calca and Urubamba provinces, northwest of the town of .

Peak
Photo: McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0.
is a 4,735-metre-high mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the of . It is located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, . It lies southwest of and the pass named Pumahuancajasa and southeast of .

Peak
is a mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the of , about 4,800 m high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, . It lies at the pass named Pumahuancajasa.

Capacsaya

Latitude
-13.1893° or 13° 11′ 22″ south
Longitude
-72.1126° or 72° 6′ 46″ west
Elevation
5,044 metres (16,549 feet)
Open location code
57R9RV6P+7W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2670820463
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Wiki­data ID
Q13190445
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Quechua—“Capacsaya” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “卡帕克薩亞山”
  • Dutch: “Qhapaqsaya”
  • Ladin: “Qhapaqsaya”
  • Persian: “کاپاکسایا”
  • Quechua: “Capacsaya”
  • Quechua: “Qhapaqsaya”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Capacsaya”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.