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Qillqata (Arequipa Moquegua)

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Parent range
  
Andes

Mountain range
  
Andes

Elevation
  
5,200 m

Qillqata (Arequipa-Moquegua)

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

Qillqata (Aymara qillqaña to write, -ta a suffix to indicate the participle, "written" or "something written", hispanicized Quelcata) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. 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. Some of the highest mountains near Qillqata are Wilani in the northeast, Q'uwa Laki in the southeast and Pachakutiq.

Map of Qillqata, Peru

References

Qillqata (Arequipa-Moquegua) Wikipedia