Machu Apachita

Machu Apachita
Machu Apachita is located in Peru
Machu Apachita
Machu Apachita
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,800 m (15,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates13°37′44″S 70°44′36″W / 13.62889°S 70.74333°W / -13.62889; -70.74333
Geography
LocationPeru, Cusco Region
Parent rangeAndes

Machu Apachita (Quechua machu old, old person, Aymara apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name in the Andes for a stone cairn, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,[2][3] also spelled Machu Apacheta) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 m (15,700 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, on the border of the districts of Camanti and Marcapata. It is situated southeast of Wisk'achani.[1]

  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 2 (Cusco Region)
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)