Apachita (Puno)

This article is about the mountain in Peru. For other uses, see Apachita.
Apachita
Apachita

Location within Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,168 m (16,955 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°17′05″S 69°48′29″W / 14.28472°S 69.80806°W / -14.28472; -69.80806Coordinates: 14°17′05″S 69°48′29″W / 14.28472°S 69.80806°W / -14.28472; -69.80806
Geography
Location Peru
Parent range Andes

Apachita (Aymara for the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name for a stone cairn in the Andes, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,[2][3] also spelled Apacheta) is a 5,168-metre-high (16,955 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Crucero District. Apachita lies west of the peaks of Ariquma, north of Ariquma Lake and northeast of Wiluyuq Qucha and the peak of Wiluyuq Urqu.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Peru 1:100,000, Cuyocuyo 2942, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD, 1993
  2. ↑ http://www.illa-a.org/cd/diccionarios/DicAymaraMinEduPeru.odt (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Sandia Province (Puno Region)


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