Tiklla Q'asa

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Tiklla Q'asa
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Tiklla Q'asa
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 13°54′41″S71°23′07″W / 13.91139°S 71.38528°W / -13.91139; -71.38528 Coordinates: 13°54′41″S71°23′07″W / 13.91139°S 71.38528°W / -13.91139; -71.38528  
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Quispicanchi Province
Parent range Andes

Tiklla Q'asa (Quechua tiklla two-colored, qucha lake, lagoon, [2] [3] "two-colored mountain pass", hispanicized spelling Ticllajasa) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District, and in the Quispicanchi Province, Cusipata District. Tiklla Q'asa lies southwest of Ch'aqu and Yuraq Q'asa and southeast of Tuqtu and Hatun Ch'aqu.

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.

An intermittent stream originates west of Tiklla Q'asa. Its waters flow to the Ch'illkamayu in the south. The Ch'illkamayu is a right tributary of the Willkanuta River. [1]

Urubamba River river in Peru

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Yuraq Qasa (Canchis-Quispicanchi) mountain in Peru

Yuraq Q'asa is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It lies in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District, and in the Quispicanchi Province, Cusipata District. Yuraq Q'asa is situated south of the mountain Ch'aqu, west of the mountain Chachakumayuq and north-east of the mountain Tiklla Q'asa.

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Tuqtu (Canchis-Quispicanchi) mountain in Peru

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Yanajasa mountain in Peru

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Istalla mountain in Peru

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Chuñuna mountain in Peru

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Pucajasa (Canchis)

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Sacsa Ananta mountain in Peru

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Ticlla (Cacamayo) mountain in Peru

Ticlla is a mountain in the Chila mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 m (15,700 ft) high. It is located in the Arequipa Region, Castilla Province, Chachas District. Tiklla lies at the Cacamayo, east of Huayllayoc and southeast of Huamanripayoq.

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 1 (Cusco Region)
  2. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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