Qullqi Q'awa

Qullqi Q'awa
Qullqi Q'awa

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,207 m (17,083 ft) [1]
Coordinates 15°18′24″S 70°57′55″W / 15.30667°S 70.96528°W / -15.30667; -70.96528Coordinates: 15°18′24″S 70°57′55″W / 15.30667°S 70.96528°W / -15.30667; -70.96528
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region, Espinar Province
Parent range Andes

Qullqi Q'awa (Aymara qullqi silver, q'awa little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, gap in the earth,[2][3] "silver brook" or "silver ravine", hispanicized spelling Colqueccahua) is a 5,207-metre (17,083 ft) high mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Espinar Province, in the west of the Condoroma District. Qullqi Q'awa lies near the border with the Puno Region, southwest of Sawanani Lake (Saguanani) and southeast of Chuqi Pirwa.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Peru 1:100,000, Ocuviri 2740, 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. ↑ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, Para: Tercera Edición". Félix Layme Pairumani. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Espinar Province (Cusco Region)


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