Wira Apachita

Wira Apachita
Wira Apachita

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,100 m (16,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 15°21′55″S 70°39′06″W / 15.36528°S 70.65167°W / -15.36528; -70.65167Coordinates: 15°21′55″S 70°39′06″W / 15.36528°S 70.65167°W / -15.36528; -70.65167
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes

Wira Apachita (Aymara wira the ground or anything which goes downhill, apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name in the Andes for a stone cairn built along the trail in the high mountains,[2][3] hispanicized spelling Huira Apacheta) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,100 metres (16,732 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Lampa Province, Palca District. Wira Apachita is situated northeast of the lake Sayt'uqucha and the mountain Yanawara.[1]

References

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


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