Collpacaja (Melgar)

Collpacaja
Collpacaja
	Collpacaja Peru
Highest point
Elevation	5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates	14°11′07″S 70°38′27″W
Geography
Location	Peru, Puno Region
Parent range	Andes, Vilcanota

Collpacaja (possibly from Quechua qullpa salty, salpeter, qaqa rock,[2] "salpeter rock") is a mountain in the southern extensions of the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. The mountain is situated in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Nuñoa District. Collpacaja lies south of the mountain Yanacocha. West of it there is a small lake named Quellhuacocha ("gull lake").[1]

References

escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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[map-1] scale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)

[2] Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)