Qupa

Qupa (Quechua for the mineral turquoise and the turquoise color, hispanicized Copa) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru whose summit reaches about 6,188 metres (20,302 ft) above sea level. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District, and in the Carhuaz Province, Marcará District, south-east of the mountain Wallqan.

The lake Alliqucha lies south-east of Qupa. South-west of the mountain there is a lake named Llikllaqucha. The river Llikllamayu originates near the lake. It is a right tributary of the Santa River.

Alternative names

Qupa is also named Chukusqarahu (Chukushqarahu in the local Quechua variant, Quechua chukuy to make someone put a headdress on / crouch, bend down, -sqa a suffix, rahu snow, ice, mountain with snow, "headdressed mountain with snow" or "crouched mountain with snow", hispanicized Chucushcaraju), Pamparahu (Quechua pampa a large plain, "plain mountain with snow", hispanicized Pamparaju), Qarwaqataq or Qarwat'akaq (Quechua qarwa leaf worm, larva of a beetle / pale / yellowish / golden, qataq someone who covers someone or something with a blanket, t'aqaq sower, hispanicized Carhuacatac, Carhuacátac, Carhuatacac).