Alcay (Huánuco)

Alcay (possibly from Quechua for to cut halfway through, to interrupt; to fail, Hispanicized spelling Alcay) is a 5300 m mountain in the north of the Huayhuash mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Huánuco Region, Lauricocha Province, Queropalca District. Alcay lies northwest of a lake named Carhuacocha, east of Mituraju and southeast of Rondoy. The little lake northeast of the mountain is Alcaycocha.