Muru Quta

Muru Quta
Muru Quta

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°51′28″S 70°22′21″W / 13.85778°S 70.37250°W / -13.85778; -70.37250Coordinates: 13°51′28″S 70°22′21″W / 13.85778°S 70.37250°W / -13.85778; -70.37250 [2]
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes

Muru Quta (Aymara muru truncated, quta lake,[3] "truncated lake", hispanicized spelling Morojota) is a mountain at a small lake of the same name in the northern extensions of the Kallawaya mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 m (15,700 ft) high. The mountain and the lake located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Ayapata District, northeast of Allin Qhapaq.[1][2]

The lake named Muru Quta is situated southwest of the mountain[1] at 13°51′50″S 70°23′25″W / 13.86389°S 70.39028°W / -13.86389; -70.39028.

References

  1. 1 2 3 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region) (unnamed)
  2. 1 2 "Cerro Morojota". IGM, Peru. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  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)


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