Janq'u Q'awa (El Collao)

This article is about the mountain in the El Collao Province, Puno Region, Peru. For other uses, see Janq'u Q'awa.
Janq'u Q'awa
Janq'u Q'awa

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°49′30″S 69°54′28″W / 16.82500°S 69.90778°W / -16.82500; -69.90778Coordinates: 16°49′30″S 69°54′28″W / 16.82500°S 69.90778°W / -16.82500; -69.90778
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region, El Collao Province
Parent range Andes

Janq'u Q'awa (Aymara janq'u white, q'awa little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, gap in the earth,[2][3] "white brook" or "white ravine", hispanicized spelling Aconcahua) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, El Collao Province, Santa Rosa District. It lies northeast of the lake Lurisquta.

Janq'u Q'awa is also the name of an intermittent stream which originates near the mountain. It flows to Lurisquta.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the El Collao Province (Puno Region)
  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. ↑ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, Para: Tercera Edición". Félix Layme Pairumani. Retrieved January 1, 2015.


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