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Alcamarine (Peru)

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Mountain in Peru This article is about the mountain in the Puno Region, Peru. For other uses, see Allqamarini.
Alcamarine
Alcamarine is located in PeruAlcamarineAlcamarinePeru
Highest point
Elevation4,800 m (15,700 ft)
Coordinates14°34′04″S 70°07′39″W / 14.56778°S 70.12750°W / -14.56778; -70.12750
Geography
LocationPeru, Puno Region
Parent rangeAndes

Alcamarine (possibly from Aymara and Quechua allqamari "mountain caracara", -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the mountain caracara") is a mountain in the Peruvian Andes, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Azángaro Province, on the border of the districts of Muñani and San Antón. It lies northwest of Surupana and north of Chamacane.

Alcamarine is situated at the Quellhuiri which originates northwest of the mountain. It flows to the south.

References

  1. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Azángaro Province (Puno Region)
  2. Juan Carvajal Carvajal, Arturo Hernández Sallés, Nelly Ramos Pizarro, Diccionario ilustrado aymara, español, inglés
  3. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.


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