T'akra

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T'akra
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T'akra
Location within Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,100 m (16,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 15°17′37″S70°48′14″W / 15.29361°S 70.80389°W / -15.29361; -70.80389 Coordinates: 15°17′37″S70°48′14″W / 15.29361°S 70.80389°W / -15.29361; -70.80389
Geography
Location Peru
Parent range Andes

T'akra (Quechua for "uncultivated land", [2] also spelled Tajra) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,100 m (16,700 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Lampa Province, Ocuviri District. T'akra lies southwest of Qullqa Sirka and northwest of Qillqa and Machu Kunturi. [3]

Andes mountain range running along the tu mamide of South America

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 republic in South America

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

  1. Peru 1:100,000, Ocuviri 2740, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Lampa Province (Puno Region)