Sirka Sirka

Sirka Sirka (Aymara sirka, vein of a mine,[2] the reduplication suggesting "many veins", Hispanicized spelling Cercacerca)[3] is a 5,200 m (17,100 ft) mountain in the Peruvian Andes, in the Moquegua Region of Mariscal Nieto Province (Carumas District) and the Puno Region of Puno Province (Acora District), southeast of Q'iwiri.[1]

Sirka Sirka
Sirka Sirka is located in Peru
Sirka Sirka
Sirka Sirka
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,200 m (17,100 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°33′27″S 70°10′49″W
Geography
LocationPeru, Moquegua Region, Puno Region
Parent rangeAndes

References

  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Mariscal Nieto Province (Moquegua Region) (unnamed)
  2. 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)
  3. Peru 1:100,000, Hospicio 2837, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
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