Apachita (Arequipa)

This article is about the mountain in the Arequipa Region, Peru. For other uses, see Apachita.
Apachita
Apachita

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,328 m (17,480 ft) [1]
Coordinates 15°23′03″S 72°10′44″W / 15.38417°S 72.17889°W / -15.38417; -72.17889Coordinates: 15°23′03″S 72°10′44″W / 15.38417°S 72.17889°W / -15.38417; -72.17889
Geography
Location Peru, Arequipa Region, Castilla Province
Parent range Andes, Chila

Apachita (Aymara for 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] also spelled Apacheta) is a 5,328 m (17,480 ft) high mountain in the western part of the Chila mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It lies in the Arequipa Region, Castilla Province, Chachas District. It is situated southwest of Chila, northeast of Chila Pilluni and southeast of Wayta Kuntur Sinqa.

Apachita lies at the bank of the Qaqamayu (Quechua for "rock river", hispanicized Cacamayo). Its waters flow to the Mulluq'u River in the east, a right affluent of the Colca River.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Cerro Apacheta". IGN, Peru. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  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. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Caylloma Province 1 (Arequipa Region)


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