Wilaquta (Carabaya)

This article is about the mountain in the Carabaya Province, Puno Region, Peru. For other uses, see Wilaquta.
Wilaquta
Wilaquta

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,198 m (17,054 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°01′46″S 70°16′31″W / 14.02944°S 70.27528°W / -14.02944; -70.27528Coordinates: 14°01′46″S 70°16′31″W / 14.02944°S 70.27528°W / -14.02944; -70.27528
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region, Carabaya Province
Parent range Andes, Kallawaya

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 5,198 m (17,054 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 north of Thujsaquta, northeast of a lake named Thujsaquta and northwest of Allpa Qhata.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Nevado Vilajota". IGN, Peru. Retrieved July 24, 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. ↑ "Diccionario Quechua - Aymara al español". katari.org. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Carabaya Province (Puno Region)]


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