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Jaquehuata

Coordinates: 13°55′46″S 70°44′44″W / 13.92944°S 70.74556°W / -13.92944; -70.74556
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Jaquehuata
Jaquehuata is located in Peru
Jaquehuata
Jaquehuata
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,800 m (15,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates13°55′46″S 70°44′44″W / 13.92944°S 70.74556°W / -13.92944; -70.74556
Geography
LocationPeru, Puno Region
Parent rangeAndes, Vilcanota

Jaquehuata (possibly from Aymara jaqhi cliff, wat'a island,[2] "cliff island") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Corani District. Jaquehuata lies east of the large glaciated area of Quelccaya (Quechua for "snow plain"). It is situated at the Anjasi valley and at an affluent of the Corani River northeast of Pata Anjasi and southeast of Cuncunani.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya 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) see: jaqi vel jaqhi and isla