Uqi Apachita

Uqi Apachita
Uqi Apachita

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°29′58″S 70°07′41″W / 14.49944°S 70.12806°W / -14.49944; -70.12806Coordinates: 14°29′58″S 70°07′41″W / 14.49944°S 70.12806°W / -14.49944; -70.12806
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region, Azángaro Province
Parent range Andes

Uqi Apachita (Aymara uqi brown, grey brown, Quechua uqi lead-colored, lead, Aymara 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 spelling Uqui Apacheta) is a mountain in the Peruvian Andes, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Azángaro Province, on the border of the districts Muñani and San Antón. Uqi Apachita lies northeast of the mountain Yuraq Apachita and southeast of Ichhu Muruq'u and Ch'iyar Jaqhi.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Azángaro Province (Puno Region)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  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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