Vilacota (Sandia)

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Vilacota
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Vilacota
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,179 m (16,991 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°34′56″S69°25′45″W / 14.58222°S 69.42917°W / -14.58222; -69.42917 Coordinates: 14°34′56″S69°25′45″W / 14.58222°S 69.42917°W / -14.58222; -69.42917 [2]
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes, Apolobamba

Vilacota (possibly from Aymara wila red, blood, quta lake, "red lake") is a 5,179-metre-high (16,991 ft) mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Puno Region, Sandia Province, in the districts Cuyocuyo and Quiaca. Vilacota is situated northwest of the mountain Ananea and northeast of Jorhuari. [3]

Aymara language native language in South America

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Cordillera Apolobamba mountain range

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Andes mountain range running along the tu mamide of South America

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References

  1. www.minem.gob.pe
  2. "Nevados". IGN, Peru. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
  3. escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Sandia Province (Puno Region)]