Jechapita

Jechapita
Jechapita
	The "Valley of the Volcanoes" as seen from above with the volcanoes Chilcayoc and Jechapita (on the right, in the background), Chilcayoc Grande (in the center) and Chachas Lake (on the bottom)
Highest point
Elevation	3,388 m (11,115 ft)
Coordinates	15°32′05″S72°18′39″W / 15.53472°S 72.31083°W Coordinates: 15°32′05″S72°18′39″W / 15.53472°S 72.31083°W
Geography
	Jechapita Peru
Location	Peru, Arequipa Region
Parent range	Andes

Last updated April 11, 2019

Jechapita (possibly from Quechua Hich'apita^[1]) is a volcano in the Andes of Peru, about 3,388 metres (11,115 ft) high.^[2] It is situated in the "Valley of the Volcanoes" in the Arequipa Region, Castilla Province, Andagua District.^[3] Jechapita lies west of the Chachas Lake and north-west of the volcano Chilcayoc Grande and south of the volcano Chilcayoc.

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

The Andes or Andean Mountains are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. This range is about 7,000 km (4,300 mi) long, about 200 to 700 km wide, and of an average height of about 4,000 m (13,000 ft). The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.

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References

↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005: hich'a - s. Derramamiento de algún líquido, harina, granos, etc.pitay - v. Fumar. Pe.Aya: pitay, mukay: Pe.Jun: mukai. Ec: sukuma.
↑ Mariusz Krzak, Ruch turystyczny w rejonie Arequipy i możliwości jego rozwoju w Dolinie Wulkanów (prowincja Castilla) w południowym Peru (Tourist movement in the Arequipa region and the possibilities of its development in the Valley of the Volcanoes (Castilla province) in Southern Peru), GeoTURYSTYKA, 2 (2005) 3-22 (In Polish containing a summary in English on p. 19-22)
↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL Map of the Castilla Province (1) (Arequipa Region)

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[1] Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005: hich'a - s. Derramamiento de algún líquido, harina, granos, etc.pitay - v. Fumar. Pe.Aya: pitay, mukay: Pe.Jun: mukai. Ec: sukuma.

[2] Mariusz Krzak, Ruch turystyczny w rejonie Arequipy i możliwości jego rozwoju w Dolinie Wulkanów (prowincja Castilla) w południowym Peru (Tourist movement in the Arequipa region and the possibilities of its development in the Valley of the Volcanoes (Castilla province) in Southern Peru), GeoTURYSTYKA, 2 (2005) 3-22 (In Polish containing a summary in English on p. 19-22)

[3] scale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL Map of the Castilla Province (1) (Arequipa Region)