Wilaquta (Carabaya)

Wilaquta
Wilaquta

Peru

Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Location
Location Peru, Puno Region, Carabaya Province
Range Andes, Kallawaya
Coordinates 14°01′46″S 70°16′31″W / 14.02944°S 70.27528°WCoordinates: 14°01′46″S 70°16′31″W / 14.02944°S 70.27528°W

Wilaquta (Aymara wila blood, blood-red, quta lake,[2][3] "red lake", hispanicized spelling Vilajota) is mountain in the Kallawaya mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, in the southwest of the Ituata District, near the border with the Macusani District. Wilaquta lies northeast of the lake Thujsaquta, north of the mountain Thujsaquta and northwest of the mountain Allpaqhata (Allpajata).[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Carabaya Province (Puno 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)
  3. "Diccionario Quechua - Aymara al español". katari.org. Retrieved August 19, 2014.