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South America / Peru / Cerro Apacheta
Record SL-837118 · Wikidata Q3620562

Cerro Apacheta

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Elevation
5,104 m
16,745 ft
Prominence
Isolation
Coordinates
14.2849° S, 69.8083° W
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Description

Wikipedia

Apacheta (Aymara for the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name for a stone cairn in the Andes, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains, also spelled Apacheta) is a 5,168-metre-high (16,955 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Crucero District. Apachita lies west of the peaks of Ariquma, north of Ariquma Lake and northeast of Wiluyuq Qucha and the peak of Wiluyuq Urqu.

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Neighbouring summits

Name Elevation Bearing Distance
Taypi Kunka 4,800 m NW 293° 2.2 km
Aricoma 5,350 m SE 138° 4.0 km
Ancayoc Cucho 5,000 m NE 38° 4.1 km
Yana Urqu 5,000 m E 110° 4.4 km