Yuraq Apachita (Azángaro)
This article is about the mountain in the Azángaro Province, Puno Region, Peru. For other uses, see Yuraq Apachita.
| Yuraq Apachita | |
|---|---|
  Yuraq Apachita Peru | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,800 m (15,700 ft) [1] |
| Coordinates | 14°30′42″S 70°11′04″W / 14.51167°S 70.18444°WCoordinates: 14°30′42″S 70°11′04″W / 14.51167°S 70.18444°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Peru, Puno Region, Azángaro Province |
| Parent range | Andes |
Yuraq Apachita (Quechua yuraq white, Aymara apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name for a stone cairn in the Andes, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,[2][3] hispanicized spelling Yurac 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, San Antón District. Yuraq Apachita lies southwest of the mountain Ichhu Muruq'u and northeast of Hatun Anta. It is situated at the river Tawqani (Taucane).[1]
References
- 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Azángaro Province (Puno Region)
- ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ 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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