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Pachakutiq (Arequipa Moquegua)

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Parent range
  
Andes

Mountain range
  
Andes

Elevation
  
5,400 m

Pachakutiq (Arequipa-Moquegua)

Location
  
Peru, Arequipa Region, Arequipa Province, Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province

Pachakutiq (Quechua pacha time, space, kuti return, "return of time", "change of time", pacha kuti "great change or disturbance in the social or political order", -q a suffix, Pachakutiq an Inca emperor, hispanicized spelling Pachacutec) is a 5,173-metre (16,972 ft) high mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located southeast of Lake Salinas in the Arequipa Region, Arequipa Province, Tarucani District, and in the Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province, Coalaque District. Pachakutiq lies northwest of Q'uwa Laki and Qillqata.

Map of Pachakutiq, Peru

References

Pachakutiq (Arequipa-Moquegua) Wikipedia