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Morojota

Coordinates: 13°51′28″S 70°22′21″W / 13.85778°S 70.37250°W / -13.85778; -70.37250
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Morojota
Morojota is located in Peru
Morojota
Morojota
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,800 m (15,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates13°51′28″S 70°22′21″W / 13.85778°S 70.37250°W / -13.85778; -70.37250[2]
Geography
LocationPeru, Puno Region
Parent rangeAndes, Carabaya

Morojota (possibly from Aymara muru truncated, quta lake,[3] "truncated lake") is a mountain at a small lake of the same name in the northern extensions of the Carabaya mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 m (15,700 ft) high. The mountain and the lake located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Ayapata District, northeast of Allincapac.[1][2]

The lake named Morojota is situated southwest of the mountain[1] at 13°51′50″S 70°23′25″W / 13.86389°S 70.39028°W / -13.86389; -70.39028.

References

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  1. ^ a b c escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region) (unnamed)
  2. ^ a b "Cerro Morojota". IGM, Peru. Archived from the original on March 5, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  3. ^ 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)