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Alcamarina

Coordinates: 13°53′59″S 71°09′11″W / 13.89972°S 71.15306°W / -13.89972; -71.15306
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Alcamarina
Alcamarina is located in Peru
Alcamarina
Alcamarina
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,085 m (16,683 ft)[1]
Coordinates13°53′59″S 71°09′11″W / 13.89972°S 71.15306°W / -13.89972; -71.15306
Geography
LocationCusco Region, Peru
Parent rangeCordillera Vilcanota (Andes)

Alcamarina (possibly from Aymara and Quechua allqamari mountain caracara,[2] -na a Quechua suffix, may be "the place of the mountain caracara") is a 5,085-metre-high (16,683 ft) mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District. Alcamarina lies northwest of Orco Puñuna and west of Othaña.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Cerro Antipucara". IGN, Peru. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 1 (Cusco Region)