Alcamarina

Alcamarina
Alcamarina
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,085 m (16,683 ft)[1]
Coordinates 13°53′59″S 71°09′11″W / 13.89972°S 71.15306°W / -13.89972; -71.15306Coordinates: 13°53′59″S 71°09′11″W / 13.89972°S 71.15306°W / -13.89972; -71.15306
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Andes, Vilcanota mountain range

Alcamarina (possibly from Aymara and Quechua allqamari mountain caracara,[2] -na a Quechua suffix, may be "the place of the mountain caracara") is a 5,085-metre-high (16,683 ft) mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District. Alcamarina lies northwest of Orco Puñuna and west of Othaña.[3]

References

  1. "Ocongate (map)". IGN, Peru. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 1 (Cusco Region)
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