Silla Q'asa | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 4,600 m (15,100 ft) [1] |
Coordinates | 14°23′54″S73°37′39″W / 14.39833°S 73.62750°W Coordinates: 14°23′54″S73°37′39″W / 14.39833°S 73.62750°W |
Geography | |
Location | Peru, Ayacucho Region |
Parent range | Andes |
Silla Q'asa (Quechua silla gravel, q'asa mountain pass, [2] "gravel pass", also spelled Sillajasa) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,600 m (15,092 ft) high. It is located in the Ayacucho Region, Lucanas Province, Chipao District. Silla Q'asa lies between Uqi in the west and Puka Punchu in the east and southeast, northeast of a lake named Upaqucha. [1]
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.
Ayacucho is a region of Peru, located in the south-central Andes of the country. Its capital is the city of Ayacucho. The region was one of the hardest hit by terrorism in the 1980s during the guerrilla war waged by Shining Path known as the internal conflict in Peru.
Lucanas is the largest province in the Ayacucho Region in Peru. Its seat is Puquio.
The Parinacochas Province is a province located in the Ayacucho Region of Peru. It is one of the eleven that make up that region. The province has a population of 24,028 inhabitants as of 2002. The capital of the province is Coracora.
La Mar Province is a province in the north-east corner of the Ayacucho Region, Peru. It was created on March 30, 1861.
Víctor Fajardo Province is a province in the centre of the Ayacucho Region in Peru.
Aucará District is one of twenty-one districts of the Lucanas Province in Peru.
Cabana District is one of twenty-one districts of the province Lucanas in Peru.
Chipao District is one of twenty-one districts of the province Lucanas in Peru.
Llauta District is one of twenty-one districts of the Lucanas Province in Peru.
Lucanas District is one of twenty-one districts of the Lucanas Province in Peru.
Otoca District is one of twenty-one districts of the Lucanas Province in Peru.
Q'illu Urqu may refer to:
Saywa Q'asa is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Ayacucho Region, Cangallo Province, in the north of the Paras District. Saywa Q'asa lies south-west of the mountain Chiqllarasu, west of the mountain Saywa (Sayhua), north-east of the mountain Waranwallqa and east of the mountain Rit'ipata.
Puka Urqu is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 3,800 m (12,467 ft) high, with an archaeological site of that name on the mountaintop. It is situated in the Ayacucho Region, Lucanas Province, San Cristóbal District, north of San Cristóbal. Puka Urqu lies northwest of the archaeological site of Ñawpallaqta.
Q'asa Pata is an archaeological site in Peru. It was declared a National Cultural Heritage in 2003. Q'asa Pata lies in the Ayacucho Region, Lucanas Province, Aucará District.
Q'illu Urqu is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,600 m (15,092 ft) high. It is situated in the Ayacucho Region, Lucanas Province, Chipao District, and in the Parinacochas Province, Coracora District. Q'illu Urqu lies southeast of Suyt'uqucha, Chawpiqucha and Wat'aqucha. Its ridge stretches from southwest to northeast.
Misa Urqu is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,400 m (14,436 ft) high. It is located in the Ayacucho Region, Lucanas Province, on the border of the districts of Aucara and Cabana. Misa Urqu lies northeast of the archaeological site of Usqunta and east of Misa Q'asa.
Misa Q'asa is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,400 m (14,436 ft) high. It is located in the Ayacucho Region, Lucanas Province, on the border of the districts of Aucara and Cabana. Misa Q'asa lies west of Misa Urqu and northeast of the archaeological site of Usqunta.
Silla Q'asa is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately 4,480 m (14,700 ft). It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Ayopaya Province, Morochata Municipality. It lies southeast and east of the lakes named Q'umir Qucha, Yana Qucha, Parinani and Wallatani.
Silla Q'asa is a 4,662-metre-high (15,295 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Potosí Department, Antonio Quijarro Province, Porco Municipality.
Silla Q'asa may refer to:
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