Pajo (mountain)

Pajo
Pajo Peru
Highest point
Elevation	5,400 m (17,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates	13°46′53″S 71°05′35″W
Geography
Location	Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range	Andes, Vilcanota

Pajo (possibly from Aymara for light brown, reddish,[2] or '(Quechua for alpaca)[3] is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,400 metres (17,717 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District, northwest of Sibinacocha. It lies north of the peak of Uchuy Milla, northeast of Huayruro Punco and southeast of Osjollo Anante and Japu Japu. East of Pajo there is a valley with an intermittent stream named Puca orco (Quechua for "red mountain"). Its waters flow to Sibinacocha.[1]

References

1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchis Province 1 (Cusco Region)
2. 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) see: Rojo, bermejo
3. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.