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Janq'u Llaqa

Coordinates: 16°43′00″S 70°02′19″W / 16.71667°S 70.03861°W / -16.71667; -70.03861
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Janq'u Llaqa
Janq'u Llaqa is located in Peru
Janq'u Llaqa
Janq'u Llaqa
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,200 m (17,100 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°43′00″S 70°02′19″W / 16.71667°S 70.03861°W / -16.71667; -70.03861
Geography
LocationPeru, Moquegua Region
Parent rangeAndes

Janq'u Llaqa (Aymara janq'u white, llaqa feather,[2] "white feather", hispanicized spelling Ancollaca) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,100 ft) high. It is in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District. It is southwest of Jach'a K'uchu and north of Kuntur Nasa.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Mariscal Nieto Province (Moquegua Region)
  2. ^ 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)