Ch'uxñaquta (Putina)

Ch'uxñaquta
Ch'uxñaquta
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,300 m (17,400 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°42′56″S 69°16′28″W / 14.71556°S 69.27444°W / -14.71556; -69.27444Coordinates: 14°42′56″S 69°16′28″W / 14.71556°S 69.27444°W / -14.71556; -69.27444 
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes, Apolobamba

Ch'uxñaquta (Aymara ch'uxña green, quta lake[2] "green lake", hispanicized spelling Chocñacota) is a mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in Peru and the name of a lake near the mountain. The mountain and the lake are situated in the Puno Region, Putina Province, Ananea District, near the Bolivian border.[1] They lie southwest and northwest of the mountains Jichu Qullu and Palumani.

The lake lies northwest of the mountain at 14°41′59″S 69°16′52″W / 14.69972°S 69.28111°W / -14.69972; -69.28111.

Ch'uxñaquta is also the name of an intermittent stream which originates near the lake. It flows to the west.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Putina Province (Puno 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)


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