Sayt'uquta

For the lake in the Coasa District, Carabaya Province, Puno Region, Peru, see Sayt'uquta (Coasa).
Sayt'uquta
Location Puno Region
Coordinates 14°01′58″S 70°18′29″W / 14.03278°S 70.30806°WCoordinates: 14°01′58″S 70°18′29″W / 14.03278°S 70.30806°W
Basin countries Peru

Sayt'uquta (Aymara sayt'u tapering, quta lake[1] "tapering lake", also spelled Saytajota) is a lake in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Macusani District, at a place named Sayt'uquta (Saytoccota).[2][3] Sayt'uquta is situated northwest of the lake Thujsaquta and the mountain Wilaquta and east of the lake Parinaquta and another lake named Sayt'uquta which lies next to Parinaquta, north of it.

References

  1. ↑ 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)
  2. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, Macusani 2842, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD, 1992
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region)