Yuraq Apachita (Arequipa)

Yuraq Apachita
Yuraq Apachita

Peru

Elevation 4,200 m (13,800 ft)[1]
Location
Location Peru, Arequipa Region, Arequipa Province, Caylloma Province
Range Andes
Coordinates 15°59′20″S 71°43′29″W / 15.98889°S 71.72472°WCoordinates: 15°59′20″S 71°43′29″W / 15.98889°S 71.72472°W

Yuraq Apachita (Quechua yuraq white, Aymara apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name in the Andes for a stone cairn, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,[2][3] hispanicized spelling Yurac Apacheta) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,200 metres (13,780 ft) high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Arequipa Province, Yura District, and in the Caylloma Province, Huanca District.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Caylloma Province 2 (Arequipa Region)
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. 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)