Chocñacota (Putina)
(Redirected from Ch'uxñaquta (Putina))
| Chocñacota | |
|---|---|
  Chocñacota Peru | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,300 m (17,400 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 14°42′56″S 69°16′28″W / 14.71556°S 69.27444°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Peru, Puno Region |
| Parent range | Andes, Apolobamba |
Chocñacota (possibly from Aymara ch'uxña green, quta lake[2] "green lake") is a mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in Peru and the name of a lake near the mountain. The mountain and the lake are situated in the Puno Region, Putina Province, Ananea District, near the Bolivian border.[1] They lie southwest and northwest of the mountains Ichocollo and Palomani.
The lake lies northwest of the mountain at 14°41′59″S 69°16′52″W / 14.69972°S 69.28111°W.
Chocñacota is also the name of an intermittent stream which originates near the lake. It flows to the west.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Putina Province (Puno Region)
- ^ 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)
 | This Puno Region geography article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |