Apachita (Arequipa)
This article is about the mountain in the Arequipa Region, Peru. For other uses, see Apachita.
| Apachita | |
|---|---|
 The Colca River and Apachita northwest of it (upper left) as seen from the ISS | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,328 m (17,480 ft) [1] |
| Coordinates | 15°23′03″S 72°10′44″W / 15.38417°S 72.17889°WCoordinates: 15°23′03″S 72°10′44″W / 15.38417°S 72.17889°W |
| Geography | |
  Apachita Peru | |
| Location | Peru, Arequipa Region, Castilla Province |
| Parent range | Andes, Chila |
Apachita (Aymara for 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] also spelled Apacheta) is a 5,328-metre-high (17,480 ft) mountain in the western part of the Chila mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It lies in the Arequipa Region, Castilla Province, Chachas District. It is situated southwest of Chila, northeast of Chila Pilluni and southeast of Wayta Kuntur Sinqa.
Apachita lies at the bank of the Qaqamayu (Quechua for "rock river", Hispanicized Cacamayo). Its waters flow to the Mulluq'u River in the east, a right affluent of the Colca River.[1][4]
References
- 1 2 "Cerro Apacheta". IGN, Peru. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Caylloma Province 1 (Arequipa Region)
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