Yuraq Apachita (Lampa)

Yuraq Apachita
Yuraq Apachita
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,423.9 m (14,514 ft) [1]
Coordinates 15°4′4″S 70°27′47″W / 15.06778°S 70.46306°W / -15.06778; -70.46306Coordinates: 15°4′4″S 70°27′47″W / 15.06778°S 70.46306°W / -15.06778; -70.46306 
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region, Lampa Province
Parent range Andes

Yuraq Apachita (Quechua yuraq white, Aymara apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name for a stone cairn in the Andes, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,[2][3] hispanicized spelling Yuracapacheta) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,423.9 metres (14,514 ft) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, Lampa Province, Pucará District, southwest of Pucará.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "South America Maps". Joint Operations Graphic. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  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)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Lampa Province (Puno Region)


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