Qhini Jamach'ini

Qhini Jamach'ini
Qhini Jamach'ini

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,200 m (17,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°37′42″S 70°11′28″W / 16.62833°S 70.19111°W / -16.62833; -70.19111Coordinates: 16°37′42″S 70°11′28″W / 16.62833°S 70.19111°W / -16.62833; -70.19111
Geography
Location Peru, Moquegua Region
Parent range Andes

Qhini Jamach'ini (Aymara qhini selected, best potato, jamach'i bird; a variety of potato (Solanum tuberosum subsp. andigena),[2][3] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, hispanicized spelling Queneamachini) is a mountain in the Peruvian Andes, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is located in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District. It lies north of the lake named Aqhuya Ch'alla (Pasto Grande), southwest of Wilaquta and Qurini, north of Qina Mich'ini and northeast of Arichuwa. A little lake named Janq'u Jamach'ini (Jancoamachini) is situated northwest of Qhini Jamach'ini.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Mariscal Nieto Province (Moquegua 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. ↑ Victor Iriarte et al., Ispallmaman Jathaja Jakaskiwa Patatukina, El Espíritu de la Madre Semilla Vive en las Alturas, Catálago Etnobotánico de Papas Nativas del Altiplano Norte de La Paz, Bolivia, 2009


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