Kimsachata (Quispicanchi)

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Kimsachata
Kimsachata is located in Peru
Kimsachata
Kimsachata
Peru
Highest point
Elevation Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value).[1]
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Andes, Willkanuta
Climbing
First ascent 1-1969 via E. face to shoulder of N. ridge[2]

Kimsachata, also Kimsa Chata, (Aymara and Quechua kimsa three,[3] Pukina chata mountain,[4] "three mountains", hispanicized spelling Quimsachata, Quinsachata, erroneously also Quimsachta which has no meaning in the local languages) is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru,[5] about 5,442 metres (17,854 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, Marcapata District.[6] Kimsachata is situated north of the lake Siwinaqucha, northeast of the mountain Chumpi and northwest of the Jaqhichuwa.

References

  1. lib.utexas.edu Map of the area showing "Cerro Quinsachata 17,854 ft"
  2. Jill Neate, taken from Mountaineering in the Andes, "Cordillera Vilcanota, Payachata Group, Quimsachta 5442m: 3-topped, pyramidal peak: 1-1969 via E. face to shoulder of N. ridge." (Note: It ought to be Quimsachata)
  3. www.katari.org Aymara-Spanish dictionary: Kimsa (adj.) - Número Tres.
  4. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Lengua Pukina en Jesús de Machaca, referring to Alfredo Torero ("Reflexión acerca del pukina escrito por Alfredo Torero ... Pukina <Chata> - Castellano Cerro - Palabras relacionadas en aymara Qullu") (English: mountain). ... Existencia de palabras pukinas en Jesús de Machaca: Qullunaka (cerros): Kimsa Chata
  5. allthemountains.com Map of a part of the Willkanuta mountain range showing "Quinsachata" (5,400 m)
  6. escale.minedu.gob.pe/ - UGEL map Quispicanchi Province (Cusco Region)


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