Jatun_Alfapata

Jatun Alfapata

Jatun Alfapata

Mountain in the Peruvian Andes

Jatun Alfapata or Jatun Allpapata (possibly from Quechua hatun big, allpa earth, pata step, bank of a river,[2] "big earth step" or "big earth bank")[1][3] is 5,390-metre-high (17,684 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Paucartambo Province, Kosñipata District, and in the Quispicanchi Province, in the districts of Marcapata and Ocongate. It lies in the Ayakachi group, the northern extension of the Vilcanota mountain range. Jatun Alfapata is situated northwest of Velacota and east of Jolljepunco.[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Nevado Jatun Alfapata". IGN, Peru. Archived from the original on July 13, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  2. [2]
    Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. [3]
    Inventario Nacional de Glaciares y Lagunas, Inventario de Glaciares de las Cordilleras Vilcanota / Carabaya, ANA (Autoridad Nacional del Agua), see: Jatun Allpapata
  4. [4]
    escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 1 (Cusco Region)


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