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Chaka Apachita

Coordinates: 16°39′32″S 70°01′55″W / 16.65889°S 70.03194°W / -16.65889; -70.03194
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Chaka Apachita
Chaka Apachita is located in Peru
Chaka Apachita
Chaka Apachita
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,136 m (16,850 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°39′32″S 70°01′55″W / 16.65889°S 70.03194°W / -16.65889; -70.03194
Geography
LocationPeru, Moquegua Region
Parent rangeAndes

Chaka Apachita (Aymara chaka bridge, apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name in the Andes for a stone cairn, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,[2][3] Hispanicized spellings Chaca Apacheta, Chacapacheta)[1][4] is a 5,136-metre-high (16,850 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District. It lies northwest of Qiwña Milluku and southeast of Qina Qinani.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Peru 1:100,000, Hospicio 2837, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  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)
  3. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Mariscal Nieto Province (Moquegua Region)