Antajawi

Antajawi
Antajawi

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,390 m (17,680 ft) [1]
Coordinates 17°20′07″S 69°50′44″W / 17.33528°S 69.84556°W / -17.33528; -69.84556Coordinates: 17°20′07″S 69°50′44″W / 17.33528°S 69.84556°W / -17.33528; -69.84556
Geography
Location Peru, Tacna Region
Parent range Andes, Barroso

Antajawi (possibly from Quechua anta copper and Aymara jawi wool or fleece of wool,[2][3] also spelled Antajave) is a 5,390-metre-high (17,680 ft) mountain in the north of the Barroso mountain range in the Andes of southern Peru. It is situated in the Tacna Region, Tarata Province, Tarata District. It lies north of Inka Apachita and southeast of Phuru Phuruni.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, Challapalca 2936, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Tarata Province (Tacna Region)


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