Jatunjasa (Cusco)

Jatunjasa
Incachiriasca
Jatunjasa (center) as seen from the northwest
Highest point
Elevation 5,338 m (17,513 ft)
Coordinates 13°22′05″S 72°32′25″W / 13.36806°S 72.54028°W / -13.36806; -72.54028Coordinates: 13°22′05″S 72°32′25″W / 13.36806°S 72.54028°W / -13.36806; -72.54028 
Geography
Jatunjasa
Peru
Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Andes, Vilcabamba

Jatunjasa[1][2][3] (possibly from Quechua hatun big, q'asa mountain pass,[4] "big mountain pass"), also known as Incachiriasca[3] (possibly from Inka Inca, chiriyasqa cooled, "cooled Inca"), is a 5,338-metre-high (17,513 ft)[1] mountain in the Vilcabamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Anta Province, Limatambo District, and in the Urubamba Province, Ollantaytambo District.[2] Jatunjasa lies south of Salcantay.[1][2]

Incachiriasca is also the name of the Salcantay glacier at 13°21′10″S 72°32′05″W / 13.35278°S 72.53472°W / -13.35278; -72.53472[5] between Salcantay and Jatunjasa.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Peru 1:100 000, Machupicchu (27-q). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
  2. 1 2 3 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Urubamba Province (Cusco Region)
  3. 1 2 "Cerro Jatunjasa, southwest ridge". Nathan Heald in AAJ Publications (American Alpine Journal). Retrieved June 23, 2015.
  4. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  5. ↑ Monitoreo del Glaciar Incachiriasca, SERNANP, Peru, January 2014


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