Utkhuqaqa

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Utkhuqaqa
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Utkhuqaqa
Location within Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,049 m (16,565 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 14°33′21″S69°27′29″W / 14.55583°S 69.45806°W / -14.55583; -69.45806 Coordinates: 14°33′21″S69°27′29″W / 14.55583°S 69.45806°W / -14.55583; -69.45806  
Geography
Location Peru
Parent range Andes, Apolobamba

Utkhuqaqa or Utkhu Qaqa (Quechua utkhu cotton, qaqa rock, [2] [3] "cotton rock", also spelled Utccuccacca, Utjujanja) is a 5,049-metre-high (16,565 ft) mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Puno Region, Sandia Province, Cuyocuyo District. It lies northwest of the mountain Wilaquta and northeast of Qurwari and Janq'u Uma. Little streams named Qullqipirwa (Jolljepirhua), Janq'u Uma (Janjouma) and Utkhuqaqa (Utjujaja) flow along its slopes. They are the origin of the river Lawa Lawani which runs to the north. [1] [4] It belongs to the watershed of the Inambari River. [5]

Cordillera Apolobamba mountain range

Apolobamba(Cordillera Apolobamba) is a mountain range in the South American Andes.

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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Runcu Tauja mountain in Peru

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References

  1. 1 2 Bolivia 1:100,000, Pelechuco 3041, Map prepared and published by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, Fairfax, VA, in collaboration with the Instituto Geográfico Militar of Bolivia
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua_Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Sandia Province (Puno Region)
  5. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region)


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