Collpacaja (Melgar)
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| Collpacaja | |
|---|---|
  Collpacaja Peru | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 14°11′07″S 70°38′27″W / 14.18528°S 70.64083°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Peru, Puno Region |
| Parent range | Andes, Vilcanota |
Collpacaja (possibly from Quechua qullpa salty, salpeter, qaqa rock,[2] "salpeter rock") is a mountain in the southern extensions of the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. The mountain is situated in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Nuñoa District. Collpacaja lies south of the mountain Yanacocha. West of it there is a small lake named Quellhuacocha ("gull lake").[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
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