Chiajarjapata

Chiajarjapata
Chiajarjapata
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,014 m (16,450 ft)[1]
Coordinates 13°50′04″S 70°34′57″W / 13.83444°S 70.58250°W / -13.83444; -70.58250Coordinates: 13°50′04″S 70°34′57″W / 13.83444°S 70.58250°W / -13.83444; -70.58250[1]
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes, Vilcanota

Chiajarjapata (possibly from Aymara ch'iyara black, k'ark'a crevice, fissure, crack, pata step,[2] "black crevice step") is a 5,014-metre-high (16,450 ft) mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Corani District. Chiajarjapata Pata lies southeast of Macho Ritti, Tocra and Ananta near a lake named Mancacocha.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Cerro Chiajarjapata". IGN, Peru. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  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. escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 2 (Cusco Region)


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