Yuraq Apachita (La Unión)

This article is about the mountain in the La Unión Province, Arequipa Region, Peru. For other uses, see Yuraq Apachita.

Yuraq Apachita
Yuraq Apachita Peru
Highest point
Elevation	5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates	14°56′00″S 72°48′49″W
Geography
Location	Peru, Arequipa Region
Parent range	Andes, Wansu

Yuraq Apachita (Quechua yuraq white, Aymara apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name for a stone cairn in the Andes, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,[2][3] Hispanicized spelling Yuraj Apacheta) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Huaynacotas District. Yuraq Apachita lies southeast of Puka Willka.[1]

References

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