Wanqani Apachita

Wanqani Apachita
Wanqani Apachita

Location within Peru

Elevation 5,200[1] m (17,100 ft)
Location
Location Peru
Range Andes, Willkanuta
Coordinates 14°00′52″S 70°51′17″W / 14.01444°S 70.85472°WCoordinates: 14°00′52″S 70°51′17″W / 14.01444°S 70.85472°W

Wanqani Apachita (Aymara wanqa a big stone, -ni a suffix, wanqani "the one with a stone (or stones)", apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name in the Andes for a stone cairn built along the trail in the high mountains,[2][3][4] hispanicized spelling Huancane Apacheta) is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Checacupe District, and in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Corani District. Wanqani Apachita lies between the mountain Uturunqani in the northeast and Tutha Llipiña and Sayrik'uchu in the southwest.

Wanqani is the name of the river which originates northeast of the mountain. Its waters flow to the Willkanuta River.[5]

References

  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region)
  2. http://www.illa-a.org/cd/diccionarios/DicAymaraMinEduPeru.odt (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. 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)
  5. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Canis Province (Cusco Region)