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Janq'u Q'awa (El Collao)

Coordinates: 16°49′30″S 69°54′28″W / 16.82500°S 69.90778°W / -16.82500; -69.90778
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Janq'u Q'awa
Janq'u Q'awa is located in Peru
Janq'u Q'awa
Janq'u Q'awa
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°49′30″S 69°54′28″W / 16.82500°S 69.90778°W / -16.82500; -69.90778
Geography
LocationPeru, Puno Region, El Collao Province
Parent rangeAndes

Janq'u Q'awa (Aymara janq'u white, q'awa little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, gap in the earth,[2][3] "white brook" or "white ravine", Hispanicized spelling Aconcahua) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, El Collao Province, Santa Rosa District. It lies northeast of the lake Lurisquta.

Janq'u Q'awa is also the name of an intermittent stream which originates near the mountain. It flows to Lurisquta.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the El Collao Province (Puno 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)
  3. ^ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, Para: Tercera Edición". Félix Layme Pairumani. Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2015.