Tiklla Q'asa

Tiklla Q'asa
Tiklla Q'asa

Peru

Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft)[1]
Location
Location Peru, Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Quispicanchi Province
Range Andes
Coordinates 13°54′41″S 71°23′07″W / 13.91139°S 71.38528°WCoordinates: 13°54′41″S 71°23′07″W / 13.91139°S 71.38528°W

Tiklla Q'asa (Quechua tiklla two-colored, qucha lake, lagoon,[2][3] "two-colored mountain pass", hispanicized spelling Ticllajasa) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District, and in the Quispicanchi Province, Cusipata District. Tiklla Q'asa lies south-west of the mountains Ch'aqu and Yuraq Q'asa and south-east of the mountains Tuqtu and Hatun Ch'aqu.

An intermittent stream originates west of the mountain Tiklla Q'asa. Its waters flow to the river Ch'illkamayu in the south. Ch'illkamayu is a right tributary of the Willkanuta River.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 1 (Cusco Region)
  2. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)