Sirka Sirka

Sirka Sirka
Sirka Sirka

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,200 m (17,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°33′27″S 70°10′49″W / 16.55750°S 70.18028°W / -16.55750; -70.18028Coordinates: 16°33′27″S 70°10′49″W / 16.55750°S 70.18028°W / -16.55750; -70.18028
Geography
Location Peru, Moquegua Region, Puno Region
Parent range Andes

Sirka Sirka (Aymara sirka vein of a mine,[2] the reduplication indicates that there is a complex of something, "many veins", hispanicized spelling Cercacerca)[3] is a mountain in the Peruvian Andes, about 5,200 m (17,100 ft) high. It is located in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District, and in the Puno Region, Puno Province, Acora District. It lies southeast of Q'iwiri.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Mariscal Nieto Province (Moquegua Region) (unnamed)
  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. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, Hospicio 2837, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD


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