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Pachakutiq (Arequipa-Moquegua)

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Mountain in Peru This article is about the mountain in the Arequipa Region and in the Puno Region, Peru. For other uses, see Pachakutiq.
Pachakutiq
The Ubinas volcano and Pachakutiq southwest of it (lower left) as seen from above (NASA, 2006)
Highest point
Elevation5,173 m (16,972 ft)
Coordinates16°27′18″S 71°2′47″W / 16.45500°S 71.04639°W / -16.45500; -71.04639
Geography
Pachakutiq is located in PeruPachakutiqPachakutiqPeru
LocationPeru, Arequipa Region, Arequipa Province, Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province
Parent rangeAndes

Pachakutiq (Quechua pacha time, space, kuti return, "return of time", "change of time", pacha kuti "great change or disturbance in the social or political order", -q a suffix, Pachakutiq an Inca emperor, Hispanicized spelling Pachacutec) is a 5,173-metre-high (16,972 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located southeast of Lake Salinas in the Arequipa Region, Arequipa Province, Tarucani District, and in the Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province, Coalaque District. Pachakutiq lies northwest of Q'uwa Laki and Qillqata.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cerro Pachacutec". IGN, Peru. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the General Sánchez Cerro Province (Moquegua Region)


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