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Jichu Qullu (Peru)

Coordinates: 16°12′55″S 70°36′28″W / 16.21528°S 70.60778°W / -16.21528; -70.60778
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Jichu Qullu
Jichu Qullu is located in Peru
Jichu Qullu
Jichu Qullu
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,025 m (16,486 ft)[1][2]
Coordinates16°12′55″S 70°36′28″W / 16.21528°S 70.60778°W / -16.21528; -70.60778
Geography
LocationMoquegua Region
Parent rangeAndes

Jichu Qullu (Aymara jichu ichhu (Peruvian feather grass), qullu mountain,[3] "ichhu mountain", Hispanicized spelling Icho Ccollo) is a 5,025-metre-high (16,486 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Moquegua Region, General Sanchez Cerro Province, in the districts Ichuña and Yunga. Jichu Qullu lies southwest of Wankarani and northwest of Machuyuq (Machuyoc) and Pachakutiq.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Peru 1:100,000, Lloque 2738, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD, see: Icha Ccollo
  2. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL Map of the General Sanchez Cerro Province (Moquegua Region) see: Icho Ccollo
  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)