Q'illu Q'illu

Q'illu Q'illu
Q'illu Q'illu

Peru

Elevation 5,220 m (17,130 ft)[1]
Location
Location Peru, Arequipa Region
Range Andes
Coordinates 15°43′0.12″S 71°30′30.6″W / 15.7167000°S 71.508500°WCoordinates: 15°43′0.12″S 71°30′30.6″W / 15.7167000°S 71.508500°W[1]

Q'illu Q'illu (Aymara and Quechua q'illu yellow,[2][3] the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "a complex of yellow", q'illu q'illu a plant (Berberis bumaelifolia),[4] hispanicized spelling Jello Jello) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,220 metres (17,126 ft) high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, in the districts Callalli and Chivay.[5] Q'illu Q'illu lies northeast of the higher mountain Warank'anthi. There is a small lake northwest of the mountain named Q'illu Q'illu (Jello Jello).

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 summitpost.org "Cerro Jello Jello", retrieved on February 8, 2014
  2. ↑ Ludovico Bertonio, Aymara-Spanish dictionary (transcription)
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Susana Arrázola Rivero, Margoth Atahuachi, Edwin Saravia, Alvaro Lopez, Diversidad floristica medicinal y potencial etnofarmacológico de las plantas de los valles secos de Cochabamba - Bolivia (in Spanish), p. 70 - 76: List of plants which grow in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia, including the common names
  5. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Caylloma Province 2 (Arequipa Region)