Chaka Apachita

Chaka Apachita
Chaka Apachita

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,136 m (16,850 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°39′32″S 70°01′55″W / 16.65889°S 70.03194°W / -16.65889; -70.03194Coordinates: 16°39′32″S 70°01′55″W / 16.65889°S 70.03194°W / -16.65889; -70.03194
Geography
Location Peru, Moquegua Region
Parent range Andes

Chaka Apachita (Aymara chaka bridge, apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name in the Andes for a stone cairn, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,[2][3] Hispanicized spellings Chaca Apacheta, Chacapacheta)[1][4] is a 5,136-metre-high (16,850 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District. It lies northwest of Qiwña Milluku and southeast of Qina Qinani.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Peru 1:100,000, Hospicio 2837, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. ↑ 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)
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Mariscal Nieto Province (Moquegua Region)


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