Jichu Qullu (Peru)

For the mountain at the border of Bolivia and Peru, see Jichu Qullu (Bolivia-Peru).
Jichu Qullu
Jichu Qullu

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,025 m (16,486 ft) [1][2]
Coordinates 16°12′55″S 70°36′28″W / 16.21528°S 70.60778°W / -16.21528; -70.60778Coordinates: 16°12′55″S 70°36′28″W / 16.21528°S 70.60778°W / -16.21528; -70.60778
Geography
Location Moquegua Region
Parent range Andes

Jichu Qullu (Aymara jichu ichhu (Peruvian feather grass), qullu mountain,[3] "ichhu mountain", hispanicized spelling Icho Ccollo) is a 5,025-metre (16,486 ft) high mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Moquegua Region, General Sanchez Cerro Province, in the districts Ichuña and Yunga. Jichu Qullu lies southwest of the mountain Wankarani and northwest of Machuyuq (Machuyoc) and Pachakutiq.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, Lloque 2738, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD, see: Icha Ccollo
  2. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL Map of the General Sanchez Cerro Province (Moquegua Region) see: Icho Ccollo
  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)


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