Wirta Pata

Wirta Pata
Wirta Pata
Location within Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,200 m (17,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°14′25″S 69°46′55″W / 14.24028°S 69.78194°W / -14.24028; -69.78194Coordinates: 14°14′25″S 69°46′55″W / 14.24028°S 69.78194°W / -14.24028; -69.78194 
Geography
Location Peru
Parent range Andes

Wirta Pata (Aymara wirta vegetable garden (a borrowing from Spanish huerta), pata step,[2][3] "vegetable garden step", also spelled Huerta Pata) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru and the name of a lake near the mountain. The mountain and the lake are located in the Puno Region, Sandia Province, Limbani District. The mountain is about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It lies north of the peaks of Ariquma and Ankayuq K'uchu, and southwest of the lakes Ch'uxñaquta ("green lake", Chocñecota) and Tinkiqucha (Tinquicocha).[1]

The lake named Wirta Pata lies northwest of the mountain at 14°13′24″S 69°48′00″W / 14.22333°S 69.80000°W / -14.22333; -69.80000.

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map Crucero 2 (Puno Region)
  2. ↑ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, 2002". Félix Layme Pairumani. Retrieved January 9, 2015. (see: Huerta)
  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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