Uqi Apachita | |
Elevation M: | 4800 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Range: | Andes |
Location: | Peru, Puno Region, Azángaro Province |
Map: | Peru |
Map Size: | 200 |
Coordinates: | -14.4994°N -70.1281°W |
Uqi Apachita (Aymara uqi brown, grey brown, Quechua uqi lead-colored, lead, Aymara 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 spelling Uqui Apacheta) is a mountain in the Peruvian Andes, about 4800m (15,700feet) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Azángaro Province, on the border of the districts Muñani and San Antón. Uqi Apachita lies northeast of the mountain Yuraq Apachita and southeast of Ichhu Muruq'u and Ch'iyar Jaqhi.[1]