Jump to content

Yurac Apacheta (Arequipa)

Coordinates: 15°59′20″S 71°43′29″W / 15.98889°S 71.72472°W / -15.98889; -71.72472
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by SkyGazer 512 (talk | contribs) at 19:58, 4 May 2018 (References: More specific stub to populate Category:Peru mountain stubs, and sometimes general fixes using AWB). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Yurac Apacheta
Yurac Apacheta is located in Peru
Yurac Apacheta
Yurac Apacheta
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,200 m (13,800 ft)[1]
Coordinates15°59′20″S 71°43′29″W / 15.98889°S 71.72472°W / -15.98889; -71.72472
Geography
LocationPeru, Arequipa Region, Arequipa Province, Caylloma Province
Parent rangeAndes

Yurac Apacheta (possibly from 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] is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,200 metres (13,780 ft) high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Arequipa Province, Yura District, and in the Caylloma Province, Huanca District.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Caylloma Province 2 (Arequipa 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)