Chaka Apachita Explained

Chaka Apachita
Elevation M:5136
Elevation Ref:[1]
Range:Andes
Location:Peru, Moquegua Region
Map:Peru
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-16.6589°N -70.0319°W

Chaka Apachita (Aymara chaka bridge, apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name in the Andes for a stone cairn, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains, Hispanicized spellings Chaca Apacheta, Chacapacheta)[1] [2] is a 5136m (16,850feet) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District. It lies northwest of Qiwña Milluku and southeast of Qina Qinani.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Peru 1:100,000, Hospicio 2837, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Mariscal Nieto Province (Moquegua Region)