Jaqhi Wat'a

Jaqhi Wat'a
Jaqhi Wat'a

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°55′46″S 70°44′44″W / 13.92944°S 70.74556°W / -13.92944; -70.74556Coordinates: 13°55′46″S 70°44′44″W / 13.92944°S 70.74556°W / -13.92944; -70.74556
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes, Willkanuta

Jaqhi Wat'a (Aymara jaqhi cliff, wat'a island,[2] "cliff island", hispanicized spelling Jaquehuata) is a mountain in the Willkanuta 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. Jaqhi Wat'a lies east of the large glaciated area of Rit'ipampa (Quechua for "snow plain"). It is situated at the Anqasi valley and at an affluent of the Qurani River (Corani) northeast of Pata Anqasi and southeast of Kunkunani.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 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


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