Qillqata (Arequipa-Moquegua)

Qillqata
Qillqata

Peru

Elevation 5,200 m (17,100 ft)[1]
Location
Location Peru, Arequipa Region, Arequipa Province, Moquegua Region, General Sanchez Cerro Province
Range Andes
Coordinates 16°29′55″S 71°00′46.5″W / 16.49861°S 71.012917°WCoordinates: 16°29′55″S 71°00′46.5″W / 16.49861°S 71.012917°W

Qillqata (Aymara qillqaña to write,[2] -ta a suffix to indicate the participle, "written" or "something written", hispanicized Quelcata) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is situated south-east of Lake Salinas. The mountain is located in the Arequipa Region, Arequipa Province, Tarucani District, and in the Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province, Coalaque District. Some of the highest mountains near Qillqata are Wilani in the northeast, Q'uwa Laki in the southeast and Pachakutiq.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the General Sánchez Cerro (Moquegua Region)
  2. 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)