Qillqata (Arequipa-Moquegua)

Qillqata

The Ubinas volcano and Qillqata southwest of it (lower left) as seen from above (NASA, 2006)
Highest point
Elevation 5,200 m (17,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°29′55″S 71°00′46.5″W / 16.49861°S 71.012917°W / -16.49861; -71.012917Coordinates: 16°29′55″S 71°00′46.5″W / 16.49861°S 71.012917°W / -16.49861; -71.012917 
Geography
Qillqata
Peru
Location Peru, Arequipa Region, Arequipa Province, Moquegua Region, General Sanchez Cerro Province
Parent range Andes

Qillqata (Aymara qillqaña to write,[2] -ta a suffix to indicate the participle, "written" or "something written", hispanicized Quelcata) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is located southeast of Lake Salinas in the Arequipa Region, Arequipa Province, Tarucani District, and in the Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province, Coalaque District. Some of the highest mountains near Qillqata are Wilani in the northeast, Q'uwa Laki in the southeast and Pachakutiq.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the General Sánchez Cerro (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)


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