Pachatusan

Pachatusan
Cusco with the mountains Pillku Urqu (on the left) and Pachatusan (center) in the background
Highest point
Elevation	4,842 m (15,886 ft)[1]
Coordinates	13°31′10″S 71°46′50″W / 13.51944°S 71.78056°W / -13.51944; -71.78056
Naming
Language of name	Quechua
Geography
Pachatusan Peru
Location	Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range	Andes

Pachatusan (Quechua pacha earth, tusa, a prop to support a wall or building, pachatusa prop of the earth, -n a suffix) is a mountain northeast of the city of Cusco in the Andes of Peru, about 4,842 metres (15,886 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, San Salvador District, in the Cusco Province, in the districts San Jerónimo and Saylla, and in the Quispicanchi Province, Oropesa District. It is situated on the western bank of the Vilcanota River, beside the mountain Huaypun in the south-east.^[2] Pachatusan lies above the sanctuary of San Salvador named Señor de Huanca.

By the local people Pachatusan is venerated as an apu.

On February 16, 2009, the cultural archaeological landscape of Pachatusan was declared a National Cultural Heritage by Resolución Directoral Nacional No. 231/INC.^[3]

Gallery

• 
  Pachatusan above the sanctuary Señor de Huanca

See also

• Anawarkhi
• Araway Qhata
• Pikchu
• Pillku Urqu
• Sinqa
• Wanakawri

References

This Cusco Region geography article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

This article about the history of Peru is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

This South American archaeology article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e