Saytajota

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Saytajota
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Saytajota
Location Puno Region
Coordinates 14°01′58″S70°18′29″W / 14.03278°S 70.30806°W / -14.03278; -70.30806
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Saytajota (possibly from Aymara sayt'u tapering, quta lake [1] "tapering lake") is a lake in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Macusani District, at a place named Saytoccota. [2] [3] Saytajota is situated northwest of the lake Tocsajota and the mountain Vilajota and east of the lake Parinajota and another lake named Saytajota which lies next to Parinajota, north of it.

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References

  1. 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)
  2. Peru 1:100,000, Macusani 2842, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD, 1992
  3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region)