Yuraq Apachita (Azángaro)

Coordinates: 14°30′42″S 70°11′04″W / 14.51167°S 70.18444°W / -14.51167; -70.18444
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Yuraq Apachita
Yuraq Apachita is located in Peru
Yuraq Apachita
Yuraq Apachita
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,800 m (15,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates14°30′42″S 70°11′04″W / 14.51167°S 70.18444°W / -14.51167; -70.18444
Geography
LocationPeru, Puno Region, Azángaro Province
Parent rangeAndes

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[edit]

  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Azángaro Province (Puno Region)
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  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)