Vilacota (Sandia)

This article is about the mountain in the Sandia Province, Puno Region, Peru. For other uses, see Wilaquta.
Vilacota
Vilacota is located in Peru
Vilacota
Vilacota
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,179 m (16,991 ft)[1]
Coordinates14°34′56″S 69°25′45″W / 14.58222°S 69.42917°W / -14.58222; -69.42917[2]
Geography
LocationPeru, Puno Region
Parent rangeAndes, 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]

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